How to make the prefect chhena/cottage cheese

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  Use only cow milk for curdling, preferably full fat.

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  Firstly heat the milk.

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  After five minutes of heating, squeeze in one tsp of lemon juice and keep stirring continuously, till the milk curdles.

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  Separate water completely from the curdled chhena.

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  5

  

  Put it through a seive.

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  6

  

  Gather the chhena in a muslin cloth and tie it up.

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  Keep this muslin cloth under a heavy object for an hour or so, till it solidifies into one mass and is completely dry. Your perfect chhena is now ready to for use!