I'm an american living in India. I started on Budwig diet in Australia,
however in India you cannot buy cottage cheese like in the West. Here it
is called Paner and comes in slabs, also they are not light, or non-fat.
I have been cutting these slabs up, mixing them and then with mixer and
then with FSO.
I don't think the bought paneer will work very well. The quality of milk is
questionable and would not be low in fat. Store bought paneer is pressed to
quite a think consistency, which wouldn't mix very well. It is quite
different if you make your own fresh paneer. If you get fresh cows milk and
put it in the fridge, the cream will come to the top and you can scrape that
off. Then bring the milk to a boil add enough lemon juice to curdle the
milk. Put the paneer in a strainer for a few mintues until the paneer looks
the consistency of cottage cheese. This would be lower in fat and a better
consistency for making the fo/cc mix
Will this work, or would I better off to use yogurt? I frequently can buy
yogurt made with raw buffalo milk which has the added enzymes. I'm
concerned about the fat content and whether this will suffice in the
Budwig diet.
Buffalo milk yogurt is really heavy stuff--thicker and creamier than cow
milk yogurt. Personlly, I think cow's yogurt would be much better. It is
easy to make your own yogurt (having first taken the fat off the top of the
milk), then hang it in a cheese cloth for 8-12 hours--you will wind up with
a product much like quark which works very well.
regards
Sitala
