Does any grocery store sell paneer?

[Anonymous]

It's at Wegmans. I sometimes use Dominican frying cheese from Hmart or queso fresco from Aldi instead. If you use queso fresco or make it at home, you can't pan-fry it, at least I've never done so successfully, just add it into your dish at the end.

[Anonymous]

In a pinch I made a palak paneer version with tofu instead of paneer and some of my family members preferred it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Second question - if you're not going to use the 8 oz package all for one meal, can you keep the rest even though package says use in 5 days?

Like can you cube it up and freeze it to cook with it again later? Or will it not keep?

Yes, it keeps very well. Cube it and freeze it. I sometimes deep fry the cubes and then freeze it.

[Anonymous]

I make mine at home with whole milk and fresh lemon juice.

Frozen cubed paneer can be soaked in hot salted water with a pinch of turmeric for 10 minutes in it to make it soft and give it a nice color, before using in a savory dish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you get storebought paneer soak it for 10 minutes in hot water after cubing it. Otherwise it will retain its rubbery texture.

Thank you for this! I've bought it a few times from an Indian grocery store but the texture seems wrong.

[Anonymous]

Whole Foods, Costco in Chantilly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you get storebought paneer soak it for 10 minutes in hot water after cubing it. Otherwise it will retain its rubbery texture.

Thank you for this! I've bought it a few times from an Indian grocery store but the texture seems wrong.

Ditto!

How hot should the water be for soaking paneer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you get storebought paneer soak it for 10 minutes in hot water after cubing it. Otherwise it will retain its rubbery texture.

Ah interesting. I make my own because my experience with store bought was so horrible I ended up throwing out the saag too.

Anyway it’s incredibly fast and easy to make with a nut milk sack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you get storebought paneer soak it for 10 minutes in hot water after cubing it. Otherwise it will retain its rubbery texture.

Thank you for this! I've bought it a few times from an Indian grocery store but the texture seems wrong.

Ditto!

How hot should the water be for soaking paneer?

I I just run the tap water till it gets really hot. It doesn’t have to be boiling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like ordering it in restaurants, but I find restaurant food generally to be greasy enough that I don't want to eat it regularly. I feel like paneer could be good made simply just with some onions, peppers, tomatoes sauteed in.

My family up in NJ tells me there you can buy paneer at Costco but I haven't seen it in any grocery store here. Any ideas? Obviously fine with going to an Indian store too if someone could give me a few options - is it the type of thing that any Indian grocery would have or just a large store with refrigerator sections etc.?

I'm in Arlington and tend to run my errands in Arlington, Tysons, McLean etc. so any ideas in that area?

Go to any number of the Indian groceries along Langston Blvd. Minerva Express, India A-1, Asia Halal, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a pinch I made a palak paneer version with tofu instead of paneer and some of my family members preferred it.

Isn’t tofu estrogenic? I avoid using it for this reason

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a pinch I made a palak paneer version with tofu instead of paneer and some of my family members preferred it.

Isn’t tofu estrogenic? I avoid using it for this reason

I might not serve tofu daily, but a serving in a spinach dish once a week seems fine.

The research on soy effects is mixed, with some studies showing possible benefits against cancer:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/soy/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a pinch I made a palak paneer version with tofu instead of paneer and some of my family members preferred it.

Isn’t tofu estrogenic? I avoid using it for this reason

Not to go off the rails here but I recently made my own "lentil tofu" and it was delish.