Methods of Preparation
KHOA
Materials Required:
- Karahi (pen)
- Gas stove
- Whole milk (cow or buffalo)
- Iron or stainless steel stirrer cum scraper
Procedure:
- Take appropriate amount (about 5kg) of milk (preferably buffalo milk) in a karahi.
- Put the karahi on direct fire and allow the milk to boil.
- Stir the milk vigorously and constantly in a circular motion with the help of a milk stirrer cum scraper.
- Scrap the contents occasionally to avoid the sticking of milk to the surface of karahi.
- Observe the formation of viscous mass of milk protein.
- Mark the abrupt change in colour.
- Continue the heating with greater speed of stirring cum scraping action.
- Note the change of viscous mass to a semi solid/pasty consistency, which later on begins to dry up.
- Observe the final product (khoa) when it begins detaching from surface of the karahi and starts sticking together.
- Remove the karahi from the gas stove.
- Work the content up and down into single compact masses. The product so prepared is known as khoa-pat, which is rich in protein.