Know by boiling whether your cheese is real or fake, try this trick in the kitchen

Paneer is an important part of Indian kitchen. Be it vegetables, snacks or sweets, cheese is used everywhere. Cheese is a good source of protein and calcium, but due to increasing demand, fake or adulterated cheese is also being sold in the market, which can be harmful for health. In such a situation, it is important that common people know how to correctly identify real and fake cheese.

The easiest way to check the purity of cheese is by boiling it. Boil water in a vessel and put a small piece of cheese in it. If the paneer maintains its shape even in boiling water and the water does not turn too milky, then the paneer is genuine. On the other hand, fake cheese starts breaking down a lot when boiled and the water turns white.

When real cheese is crushed with hands, it breaks a little, but is not very sticky. Fake cheese stretches like rubber or feels too hard. If the cheese feels like plastic when folded, then understand that it may be adulterated.

The taste of real cheese is slightly sweet and its smell is like milk. Fake cheese often has a strange chemical smell or tastes completely bland and artificial. If there is a burning sensation or strange taste on the tongue while eating cheese, then avoid eating it.

Cheese can also be tested with iodine at home. Put one or two drops of iodine on a piece of cheese. If the cheese turns blue or black, it may be adulterated with starch, which is a sign of fake cheese. Iodine does not change the color of real cheese.

Real paneer turns light golden when fried and does not release much oil. At the same time, fake cheese can release too much oil while frying or become excessively hard. Caution is very important in health related matters. While buying cheese, always buy it from a trusted shop and check it with the easy methods mentioned above.