Paneer Cheesecake recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious Indian style high protein cheesecake made with paneer, condensed milk, yogurt, gelatin, biscuits and butter. This recipe is super easy to make, but taste just delicious as regular cheesecake made with cream cheese.
Paneer Cheesecake Recipe
Paneer cheesecake taste creamy and milky. This cheesecake is super easy to make and taste so delicious. You don't need cream cheese to make this dessert. You need a packet of paneer to make this.
About Paneer Cheesecake Recipe
A cheesecake is a sweet dessert a crust or base made of crushed cookies, graham crackers. The filling is made with cream cheese, sugar, cream and flavourings. But this cheesecake has paneer instead of cream cheese making it healthy and high protein.
Cream cheese can be expensive to buy, in that case you can easily use paneer to make cheesecake. I made a paste out of paneer and yogurt to create a make shift cream cheese. Once mixed with sweetened condensed milk, cream , you will never fine the difference.
More over this cheesecake is high in protein because of the paneer, yogurt used. Since there is no cream cheese in this recipe, you need gelatin to set the cheesecake. You can make this with a handful of ingredients, easy to follow and simple recipe. Make this for this valentines day and enjoy with your loved one.
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Ingredients
- Paneer - You can use homemade or store bought paneer.
- Yogurt (curd) - use thick not too sour curd for blending with paneer. This makes the paneer smooth and turns into cream cheese.
- Digestive Biscuits - best biscuit to use for cheesecake, since it absorbs the butter better and taste buttery.
- Butter - use unsalted butter which is melted. Add to the crushed biscuits to make the crust.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk - this is used to make the cheesecake sweet and give the iconic milky taste.
- Cream - whipped cream makes the cheesecake filling light and airy.
- Gelatin - since this cheesecake doesn't have cream cheese. gelatin is used to set the cheesecake.
- Vanilla - used to flavour the cheesecake.
Step by Step Pictures
Make Crust
1)Take digestive biscuits in a bowl. Use a rolling pin or potato masher to crush the biscuits. You can even powder them in a food processor or blender.
2)Once it is crushed lightly, add in melted butter.
3)Mix it really well so the butter is mixed into the biscuits.
4)Take a spring form pan. Spoon the biscuit crumbs into the base and press evenly to line the base. Place the pan in fridge for 30 minutes so it sets.
Make homemade instant cream cheese
5)To make instant cream cheese. Take paneer cubes in a blender. You can use store bought. but if it is homemade, it is best.
6)Add thick yogurt (curd) into the paneer.
7)Grind this to a smooth paste. Don't add water when grinding, use a spoon to mix it and grind until smooth. The mixture has to be thick and creamy.
Blooming gelatin
8)Take gelatin in a bowl. Cover with some water. Allow this to rest for 10 minutes so the gelatin softens.
9)Once the gelatin softens, it must have absorbed all the water. Now you can place the bowl in microwave and heat for 10 to 20 seconds until it is melted. Or use a double boiler to melt the gelatin. You can even add the gelatin to a sauce pan and melt on low heat. It has to become liquid like.
Whipping Cream
10)Meanwhile take cream in a bowl and whip until stiff. You can use fresh cream or use non dairy whip topping as well. Once whipped store in fridge until required.
Make Cheesecake filling
11)Now lets make the cheesecake filling. Take the homemade cream cheese in a bowl. Add in condensed milk and vanilla extract. Mix well.
12)Mix both together until combined and creamy.
13)Pour in the melted gelatin mixture in this and mix really well.
14)Use a whisk to combine this, so the gelatin is evenly mixed into the cream cheese and condensed milk mixture.
15)Now pour this whole mixture into the whipped cream.
16)Use an spatula to gently fold the batter. It should be properly combined.
Assemble Cheesecake
17)Spoon this mixture into the biscuits base and place the pan in the fridge. Let it set overnight.
18)Once set, Run a butter knife around the sides of the pan. un mould. Slice and serve with your favorite topping.
Expert Tips
- You can use homemade or store bought paneer for this recipe.
- Greek yogurt is best in this recipe since it has creamy texture.
- You can use any biscuits of your choice.
- The cheesecake can be flavoured with vanilla, chocolate or even lemon.
Serving & Storage
This cheesecake taste best when had cold with some kind of fruit compote, sauces or syrup. The cheesecake stays fresh upto a week in fridge.
FAQ
No bake cheesecake is made with just three simple ingredients: cream cheese, sugar, cream, biscuits and butter. But this recipe used paneer to make cheese.
paneer and cream cheese are not the same thing. But in this recipe you can use homemade or store bought paneer to make cheesecake.
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Paneer Cheesecake Recipe | Cheesecake without Cream Cheese
Equipment
Ingredients
For Base (Crust)
- 200 grams Digestive Biscuits
- 100 grams Unsalted Butter melted
For Homemade Cream Cheese
- 200 grams Paneer
- ½ cup Yogurt (Curd)
For Cheesecake Filling
- 1 can Sweetened condensed milk 400 ml
- 1 cup Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
For Blooming Gelatin
- 2 tablespoon Gelatin
- ¼ cup Water
For Serving
- Chocolate Sauce as needed
Instructions
- Pre prep - Take a 8 inch cake pan and line with cling wrap. You can use a sprig form cake pan too, if using that, no need to line it with plastic wrap.
- Make Base Crust - Take biscuits in a bowl and crush them lightly. Add melted butter and mix well. Pour it in the prepared pan, spread evenly using a spoon and put them in fridge until needed.
- Make Homemade Cream Cheese - Now take paneer, curd in a blender and puree till smooth. Don't add water, just use a spatula to mix gently and blend until smooth, thick and creamy. Set this aside till needed.
- Whip Cream - Take cream in a bowl. You can use non dairy whip topping as well. Make sure the cream is cold before whipping. Use an electric beater to whip cream till thick and stiff. Once whipped, place it in fridge until needed.
- Bloom Gelatin - Take gelatin in a bowl. Add water and mix well. Now leave them to boom for 10 mins. The gelatin will get soft. Now you can melt this in microwave for 10 to 20 seconds. Or transfer to a sauce pan and heat it gently so gelatin is melted completely.
- Make Cheesecake filling - Take the homemade cream cheese in a bowl, add in condensed milk, vanilla extract and mix this until creamy. Pour in the gelatin liquid in this and mix well until it is all combined well.
- Pour this whole mix into the whipped cream and mix gently using a spatula until combined.
- Setting Cheesecake - Take the crust from fridge. Spoon the creamy cheesecake filling over biscuit base and spread evenly. Now place in fridge to set overnight.
- Serving - once the cheesecake is set, run a butter knife around the sides of the cheesecake. Gently un mould the cheesecake. Slice and serve with a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
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Floranet
Outstanding work! Enjoyed your writing!!
Megha
Can we use agar agar instead of Gelatin in cheesecake ?? If yes how much quantity needs to be used?
Aarthi
use same amount.
Pooja Patnaik
Can we skip gelatin?
Preena
Hi Aarthi, please could you share the original no bake mango cheesecake with paneer?
Janani
A big hit every time I make