Paneer in Japan: what it's called and where to buy it
Paneer is not sold in ordinary Japanese supermarkets. Indian grocery shops and online shops have it frozen, or you can make it in 20 minutes from milk.
Look for this on the label
パニール
panīru
Where to find it
In the shop
Not in supermarkets; frozen section of Indian grocery shops.
Which shops
Indian grocery shops (for example Nishi-Kasai in Tokyo) and online shops such as Amazon and Rakuten.
If you can't find it
- Homemade: bring 1 L milk (牛乳, not 低脂肪) to a boil, add 2 tbsp lemon juice, strain through a cloth and press for 15 minutes
- Firm tofu (木綿豆腐), pressed and pan-fried, for saag or curries
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More ingredients
- Heavy cream
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda and baking powder
- Cilantro (coriander leaves)
- Coconut milk
- Fish sauce
- Gochujang and gochugaru
- Chickpeas and lentils
- Sour cream
- Ground beef
- Rice paper
- Cornstarch
- Black beans
- Buttermilk
- Tofu (firm and silken)
- Glutinous (sticky) rice
- Jasmine rice
- Rice noodles
- Lemongrass
- Lime
- Doubanjiang (chili bean paste)
- Shaoxing wine
- Tapioca starch (polvilho)
- Plain yogurt (dahi, curd)
- Ghee
- Cumin, turmeric and garam masala
- Tempeh
- Kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
- Wood ear mushroom