What is the difference between Tofu and Panner ?

Question

could you please tell me what is the difference between Tofu and Panner. Can we use Panner istead of Tofu in diet meals...

Answer 1

Yes I think you could use it instead of tofu because it doesnt
melt.

Paneer (Hindi: पनीर /pəniːr/, from Persian پنير sometimes spelled Panir or Paner), is the most common Indian form of cheese. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese that is similar to acid-set fresh mozzarella and queso blanco, except that it does not have salt added, much like hoop cheese. Another significant difference between mozzarella and paneer is the fact that mozzarella melts like any other cheese whereas paneer does not melt while cooking. Most paneer is simply pressed into a cube and then sliced or chopped, although Bengali paneer is beaten or kneaded like mozzarella. Paneer is one of the few types of cheese indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and is widely used in Indian cuisine and even some Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cuisine. Unlike most cheeses in the world, the making of paneer does not involve rennet; it is therefore completely vegetarian. Paneer is a primary source of protein for Buddhists (typically those of Southeast Asian origin) who adhere to vegetarian as opposed to vegan diets. Paneer is known in North India and Pakistan by the same name; however, in Orissa and Bengal it is known by the name Chhana and in South India, by names derived from Paneer and Channa (not to be confused with Chana, the Indian name for the chick pea). The Eastern variety (Chhana, pronounced /tʃʰana/) crumbles more easily than the North and South Indian variants of paneer.


Tofu (the Japanese "Romaji" spelling), also called doufu (the Chinese "Pinyin" spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (the literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin[1], made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk. Wheat gluten, or seitan, in its steamed and fried forms, is often mistakenly called "tofu" in Asian or vegetarian dishes.

Answer 2

Tofu is made from Soy and Paneer/Panir is made from Milk. You can buy and substitute one for the other but the taste is very different and so is the texture...the only thing similar that the 2 have is the color and how they look.
You can buy Tofu at any grocery store and Paneer can either be bought at an Indian grocery store...

find one close to you..
http://www.showmethecurry.com/indian-grocery-stores/

or you can make it at home...here is a recipe...
http://www.showmethecurry.com/2007/07/18/paneerpanir/

G'Luck and enjoy...

Answer 3

Tofu is a bean curd and a soft food with no distinctive flavor made from coagulated soybean extract pressed into a cake.
Paneer is a South Asia curd cheese used in cooking and a curd cheese used especially as an ingredient in cooking. Paneer is a good diet meal.

Answer 4

My wife is Indian, and I have seen where some Indians use tofu in place of paneer, and they still call it "paneer." That is kind of confusing, I guess.

I ate a lot of paneer when I was in India, they even made it with a kind of Chinese barbecue sauce, very tasty. I'm pretty that was paneer and not tofu, although the recipe was really more typical for tofu.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Tofu is a soy based product, paneer is made from dairy. Two totally different things. And Paneer tends to have a lot of fat, whereas tofu does not.

Answer 7

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What is the difference between Tofu and Panner ?
could you please tell me what is the difference between Tofu and Panner. Can we use Panner istead of Tofu in diet meals...

Answer 8

Tofu (the Japanese "Romaji" spelling), also called doufu (the Chinese "Pinyin" spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (the literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin[1], made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk. Wheat gluten, or seitan, in its steamed and fried forms, is often mistakenly called "tofu" in Asian or vegetarian dishes.

Paneer (Hindi: पनीर /pəniːr/, from Persian پنير sometimes spelled Panir or Paner), is the most common Indian form of cheese. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese that is similar to acid-set fresh mozzarella and queso blanco, except that it does not have salt added, much like hoop cheese. Another significant difference between mozzarella and paneer is the fact that mozzarella melts like any other cheese whereas paneer does not melt while cooking. Most paneer is simply pressed into a cube and then sliced or chopped, although Bengali paneer is beaten or kneaded like mozzarella. Paneer is one of the few types of cheese indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and is widely used in Indian cuisine and even some Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cuisine. Unlike most cheeses in the world, the making of paneer does not involve rennet; it is therefore completely vegetarian. Paneer is a primary source of protein for Buddhists (typically those of Southeast Asian origin) who adhere to vegetarian as opposed to vegan diets. Paneer is known in North India and Pakistan by the same name; however, in Orissa and Bengal it is known by the name Chhana and in South India, by names derived from Paneer and Channa (not to be confused with Chana, the Indian name for the chick pea). The Eastern variety (Chhana, pronounced /tʃʰana/) crumbles more easily than the North and South Indian variants of paneer.

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Answer 10

the difference is that tofu is bean based and paneer is made of milk. I would substitute them because they nearly taste the same and look the same too.