Silky Cottage Cheese

Topli na Paneer

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The World of Parsi Cooking: Food Across Borders

By Niloufer Mavalvala

Published 2019

  • About

There is no literal translation for this phrase; the best description is probably cottage cheese that is made in a basket called a topli. It is small enough to be eaten in one bite, soft enough to fall apart and the surface has indentations of little rings left behind from the wicker basket (topli).

Parsis love it enough to serve it as a part of their wedding and Navjote feasts. This is a Mumbai speciality and not many of us who grew up in Karachi or away from I