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?

Are you just talking about the muslin that is usually white fabric and is breathable?  Its very common for lining nappies so available quite cheaply in places like Mothercare.  Its even cheaper in house of fraser's material dept, approx ?1.25 for a metre!

I think they used to be around 9 inches square, but they werent really that cheap.  Certainly not as cheap as buying by the metre.

What would i ask for in the material department to get the muslin?