1 litre milk
Juice of lemon
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups water
2-3 drops rose essence
Instructions:
1.
Heat the milk and bring to boil.
2. Cool the milk for a couple of hours. Remove the
cream layer.
3. Reheat the milk and bring to a boil.
4. Add the citric acid dissolved in some water.
5. Stir slowly till the milk is fully curdled. Keep as
it is for 5 minutes.
6. Meanwhile heat the sugar and water in a wide
sauce pan. Bring to a boil.
7. Strain the milk through a muslin cloth. Wash the
chenna(paneer) in the cloth under cold
running
water.
8. Press out the excess water and remove in a wide
plate.
9. Gently knead into a soft dough by passing
between fingers.
10.Make twelve equal sized balls of the dough.
Slide the balls into the boiling
sugar water. Cover
with a perforated lid. Boil for
15 minutes.
11.Take off from heat and cool them to room
temperature.
12.Add essence and chill for at least 4 to 5 hours.