Paneer

Paneer is a soft cheese made with milk. Cooks roast it.

Dairy
Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Dairy & eggs
Texture: Soft
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: India
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

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In the kitchen

How to use paneer

Typical ways to cook or use it

Roast

Made from

milk

Cooking with it

Paneer does not melt when heated.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Soft

On the table

Dishes made with paneer

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Mattar paneer
India

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include paneer.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: paneer in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: milk
Animal origin: From: dairy

Family

Related forms

A kind of: cheese

Around the world

What paneer is called

Names in 47 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
panir · queso panir
French
panir · paneer
Italian
paneer
Portuguese
paneer
German
Panir · Paneer
Dutch
paneer · panir
Greek
πανίρ
Turkish
paneer
Russian
панир
Polish
panir
Arabic
بنير · بانير
Persian
پنیر آسیایی

Show all 47 languages

Armenian
պանիր
Bangla
পনির
Basque
Panir
Belarusian
Панір (сыр)
Bhojpuri
पनीर
Catalan
panir
Czech
panýr · paneer · panír · panir
Finnish
paneer · panir
Galician
paneer
Gujarati
પનીર
Hebrew
גבינת פניר
Hindi
पनीर
Igbo
Paner
Indonesian
paneer
Japanese
パニール
Javanese
Paneer
Kannada
ಪನೀರ್
Kashmiri
ژامَن
Korean
파니르
Maithili
पनीर
Malay
paneer
Malayalam
പനീർ
Marathi
पनीर
Nepali
पनीर · पनिर
Norwegian Bokmål
panír
Norwegian Nynorsk
panír
Punjabi
ਪਨੀਰ
Romanian
paneer
Swedish
paneer · panir · ponir
Telugu
పనీర్
Thai
ปานีร์
Ukrainian
панір
Urdu
پنیر
Uzbek
Panir
Western Panjabi
پنیر

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1139546

Photos