[HKFella]

Anyone know whether yogurt/dahi or paneer can be made from UHT milk (of which - for various reasons - I find myself with a bit of an excess) and whether results can be half-decent? I've never done it with anything other than "fresh" full-cream milk before. Thanks.

[KnowItAll]

You can definately make yoghurt with UHT milk.

To make the yoghurt thick and firm put it in a double container and let it stay in an oven (previously warmed but no longer on) over night.

http://homecooking.about.com/library...e/bldairy9.htm

[kombuchakid]

Yo HKF
you may get a little more whey then normal but otherwise the result should be stupendous
I prefer using kombucha instead of vinegar to curdle the milk for paneer, and I like to add a bit of Roaring Forties Blue Cheese to create a memorable mixture. As an alternative you might want to splash a bit of Angostura Bitters.

[kombuchakid]

we may be at cross purposes here. Dahi is made using dahi
paneer is made using, lemon juice,vinegar or kombucha

[rani]

Just wanted to add, that we make yoghurt at home with UHT Skim milk too.

[HKFella]

Thanks, everyone who replied. Dahi shall be tried for Sunday lunch.

I'm not one for very rich or creamy yogurt - actually the type I like is not too far off from the Dairy Farm one in supermarkets, so after coming to HK I've never needed to make it at home (unlike Taipei before that where the only natural one - Danone - used to be hopeless). So will need to hone my rusty skills a bit - including (well-washed!) finger technique for gauging milk temperature.

If dahi works, paneer (with lemon juice for curdling) can't be far behind (well, next week-end). Ta!

[vivek]

boil milk . cool down (milk). THEN add culture.
- new jungle saying

[wanderer]

... the curd curdles....

[KnowItAll]

But all that curdles is not curds.

Taking about curds. Here's a kurdish joke which is supposed to knock your socks off, if you understand kurdish.

Rozhek la rozhan zhnu peaweky pyr zawqyan halaste, alen ba bo khoman tozyk (sex) bkayn, day dast peakan merda hichy pe nakret, dwatr merda dast akat ba mzhiny da3bay zhnakay, pash 3 rozh merda amret, ka dwaye ayban bo fa2cy maytakay, jwab yatawa kam am kabraya mrdwa labar away quzeky expiry mzhywa .

Rozhek zhnek lagal gharibayaka ba yakawa abn khryky betarbetyn, ka merda yatawa dosty zhnaka nazanet chy bka dast akat ba boyakh krdny dywarkan, merda khoy akat ba zhura aalye awa bowa rutitet ally labaraway boykh akam, alle ay aw da3baew bo waya ally ay satllaka ba chya halwasm?

Rozhek la rozhan zhnu peawek (sex) akan la wakhty krdna lokayak ba da3bay zhnakawa abet, ka mnalyan abet fanylay la bara abet