Up Your Breakfast Game With This Instant Paneer Idli And Tomato Chutney Recipe Up Your Breakfast Game With This Instant Paneer Idli And Tomato Chutney Recipe From snacks to mains and desserts, you can include paneer just about anywhere and end up with a winner- just like this paneer idli. Read Time: 2 min Highlights Paneer is known as cottage cheese in English Paneer can be used to make soft idlis too Can you imagine any big Indian spread without paneer? Neither can we! Paneer or cottage cheese is such an indispensable part of our daily lives that many of us just have a block of it lying in our fridge for the times we start craving for something 'fancy'. Paneer or cottage cheese is an incredible source of protein too, especially for people who do not eat meat. Protein is called the building block of life. It plays a crucial role in building muscles, aid muscle recovery and plays an instrumental role in keeping our skin and hair healthy. If you are trying to lose weight, eating protein rich foods become all the more important. Protein helps fill you up, further preventing you from nibbling into everything that comes your way. According to a study published in journal Nutrition and Metabolism, people on a calorie-restricted diet (the high-protein group) lost 53% more body fat than those who were not eating as much protein.