Defination of Panner

Paneer refers to the milk product obtained by the acid coagulation of hot milk and subsequent drainage of whey. The acids commonly used are citric, lactic, acetic,etc.phenomenon of coagulation involves the formation of large structural aggregates of proteins in which milk fat and other colloidal and soluble solids are entrained with whey.
 

Paneer is a popular indigenous variety of soft cheese. Cheese manufactured using high heat, acid precipitation and without starter culture is practiced in many countries of South Asia and Central and South America Latin American. White cheese, found throughout South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Islands is a product that is quite similar to paneer. Nomads of South West Asia regions were probably the first to develop several distinctive cheese varieties. One of the unique Iranian nomadic cheese is called paneer Khiki. It was originally developed by the well-known Bakhtiari tribe that resided in Isfahan (in summer) and Shraz (in winter).When salted, it is known as paneer-e-shour. White paneer is a staple food of Nomads in Afghanistan. When made from raw milk, it is called paneer-e-khom,and from boiled milk, panner-e-pokhta. Paneer is traditionally consumed in these countries with dry fruits and nuts in form of dessert. The earliest form of paneer might have obtained by curdling milk with a little sour milk, pieces of creeper called putika, bark of Palasa tree or Kuyala (Jujuka).It may be conjectured that term paneer was introduced into India by the Persian and Afghan invaders who came through Baluchistan and Karakoram mountain pass of Himalayas. It is probably for this reason that paneer making practice is mainly confined to the North West Frontier region of India, and southern parts of Jammu and Kashmir due to the influence of foreign settlers in these regions. However, it was only during the past five decades that paneer has spread to other parts of India and enjoys the status of national culinary dish in this country. It is a vegetarian’s delight.