Bandel vs Kalimpong cheese
Bandel
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- India
Bandel is a fresh cow's milk cheese from India. The name comes from a former Portuguese settlement in the east of the country, where this style of cheese took shape. Milk is curdled, drained, and salted heavily, then often smoked. The usual piece is a small thick disc, not a large aged wheel. Plain cheese is pale, and the smoked kind is brown and much more aromatic on the plate.
Kalimpong cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- India
Kalimpong cheese is a cow's milk cheese made in Kalimpong, a hill town in West Bengal, India. The wheels are round, with a smooth rind and a pale interior that can crumble slightly at the center. Young cheese is mild, a little acidic, and not strongly scented. It is a local pressed cheese, closer to a simple table cheese than to a pungent washed rind. Production stays small, so it is not a cheese you should expect in an ordinary supermarket abroad.