Homemade cream cheese

Cream cheese is easy to make at home . Traditionally , it is made from unskimmed milk enriched with additional cream. When made at home , it is much cheaper and making it is pretty much easy .

Ingredients:

1.Whole fat milk- 1 litre 

2.Lemon juice - 1 1/2 tbspn (or) vinegar - 2 tbspn

3.Yogurt- 1 tbspn 

Procedure:

1.Boil milk and add the lemon juice and continue to stir until you find the whey separating from milk as shown below . Switch off.

       

                               
2. Now pour this into a muslin cloth  and drain the water . Wash it at least twice in cold water to get rid of the lemon flavour.
 
 

3. Now add curd and mix well . Transfer this mixture into a food processor and grind it to get a smoth paste .

           
   
4. Again place this mixture in a muslin cloth. Tie the ends together to make a knot and hang it on hanger or a cupboard handle .Leave it aside for 5 - 6 hours to drain the liquid completely .
         
5. Now your cream cheese is ready to be used in your recipes !!