Thanks for the link blade1212. I've found another cheaper source now that I know that it's called 'butter muslin'. All the same, I was hoping that someone would know of a high street source for the muslin, but I think it's a bit too specialist of an item to be found there nowadays.? ?:-[
It's off topic for this thread, but while I'm buying muslin anyway I thought I would try to make tofu and perhaps some real english cheeses if I get very adventurous. It's funny how doing one thing leads you onto another.
Pete, I hadn't really looked at a recipe. I was just going to heat some milk up in a pan and just before it boils turn the heat off and add lemon juice a tespoon at a time until it all curdles. I've only had paneer at a restaurant a couple of times and I wasn't all that impressed with it, but they weren't particularly good restaurants. I thought I'd give it a go myself as it is so easy and see if I couldn't do better than them.
Is deep frying the paneer the way the curry houses do it?