{"id":2472,"date":"2012-02-21T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2012-02-21T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:30:54","slug":"homemade-paneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/homemade-paneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Paneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been keeping this secret for a while now — and it’s bursting at its seams. I just have to tell it all before I lose my mind.<\/p>\nI<\/span> often mispronounce words.<\/p>\n

Nope, I am not referring to common day-to-day communication. I am talking about the big words that fancy chef’s, restauranteur or a foodie uses — whether they truly know what they are talking about or just plain arrogance.<\/p>\n

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Heat milk to simmer lightly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

I am neither. I often tense and break a sweat whenever I come across words such as worcestershire, bouillabaisse or pouilly-fuisse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Heck, I don’t even know what’s pouilly-fuisse<\/em> actually refers to.<\/p>\n

Yup, that’s my deep dark secret — anyone dare’s judging me? Go ahead. At least I am a confessor<\/strong> (crossing my fingers I am using the right word here).<\/p>\n

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Milk curdles after adding a few tbsp of lemon juice<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

There’s many misconceptions on how some words are being pronounced. Villagevoice compiled a long\u00a0list of mispronounced food words<\/a>\u00a0— many of those words are guaranteed to\u00a0shock you, like:<\/p>\n

Sriracha (See-rah-cha<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Pho (fuh<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Paczki (POONCH-key<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Gyro (YEER-oh<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Boudin (the Cajun kind, “Boo-dan”<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why can’t spelling and\u00a0pronunciation\u00a0go hand-in-hand? Why does life needs any more complications added to our day-to-day struggles?<\/p>\n

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Strain paneer using a cheesecloth to remove access moisture (whey).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

For heaven’s sake, I better brush up on my\u00a0yeer-oh<\/em>\u00a0before my greek brother-in-law discovers this abnormality in me.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I\u00a0do<\/em>\u00a0know how to pronounce “paneer”. Not only it’s easy to pronounce, but darn easier to make as well!<\/p>\n

You’ll need whole-lotta<\/em> milk, some lemon juice, cheesecloth and patience. Easy-peasy.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n