Cheese is a common ingredient used in various types of dishes and food items. Though it is readily available in the market, it can easily be prepared at home as well. Those of you, who are quality conscious, can prepare homemade cheese without putting in much effort. All it requires is a little time and patience. Moreover, there are just two ingredients required to make cheese at home i.e. milk and vinegar. In case you are now wondering about the process, read onto know, how to make cheese.
Homemade Cheese Recipe
- Pour one cup of milk in a saucepan and slowly bring it to a boil, while stirring constantly. It is very important to stir the milk or it will burn.
- Once the milk boils completely, turn off the burner, but leave the saucepan on the element or gas grate.
- Now, add 2 teaspoons of vinegar to the boiling milk. Soon after this, the milk will turn into curds and whey.
- Stir the mixture well with spoon and let it sit on the element for another 5 - 10 minutes.
- Pass the curds and whey mixture through cheesecloth or a handkerchief, thereby separating the curds from the whey.
- Once the cheese gets accumulated in the cheesecloth, press the cheese with the cloth to eliminate all the moisture.
- After squeezing out all the moisture from the cheese, open the cloth and add a pinch of salt, if desired.
- Mix the cheese and salt and once again press it to remove any extra moisture.
- You can either put the cheese in a mold or just leave it like that in a ball form.
- To set it, keep it in refrigerate for a while, before eating.
