Peynir

Peynir is a dairy product, derived from milk and produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep.The word paneer entered English from Persian panir (پنیر) 'cheese', which comes from Old Iranian.[1][2] Armenian panir (պանիր), Azerbaijani pəndir, Turkish peynir and Turkmen peýnir, all derived from Persian panir, also refer to cheese of any type.[3]

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References
  1. Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing. "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: paneer". www.ahdictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  2. "Rastala or the Under-world". The Indian Historical Quarterly. Ramanand Vidya Bhawan. 2 (1–2): 236. 1985.
  3. Davidson, Alan (2006). Jaine, Tom (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Food (2 ed.). Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0191018251. panir and peynir, the Persian and Turkish words for 'cheese' (...)
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