Ghee
@allknowing (148514)
India
June 29, 2025 10:12pm CST
Ghee is produced by heating milk cream that is collected over a time. The cream is kept in the fridge and once a sufficient amount is collected it is heated until ghee is formed. Some make butter and then heat butter to form ghe but making butter is a laborious process.
We use ghee in many of our dishes including meat and goodies and even while making some vegetable dishes.
Ghee has a nice flavour and food tastes good when ghee is added.
These days I do not make ghee but buy it.
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@FourWalls (76175)
• United States
30 Jun
I’ve seen the traveling chefs/foodies talk about ghee while visiting India. It seems to me that they use it as an offering in Hindu temples, too.
It sounds delicious and simple!
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
I have no knowledge about ghee being offered in temples but I believe you.
Ghee has a nice flavour and when it is heated to caramelize sliced onions which is used to prepare dishes the whole house smells good
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@arunima25 (91224)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jun
Yes, it is offered in temple in certain rituals. Also the food offerings are made in pur ghee called prasadam. We even use ghee to light up diyas( earthern lamps) in front of God on special occasions. A little amount is used in bathing Gods too on special days.
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@arunima25 (91224)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jun
I have not made ghee in the last two months and a lot of cream is collected. I make it from the butter
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
To make butter you have to prepare curds from cream and then churn it How do you make your butter? When you churn the curds and make butter then you get butter milk as well.
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
11h
@arunima25 That brownish thing you talk about yes sweets are made and that is a spepciality of sweets that you find in Dharwad
We used a churner for making butter but later just heated the cream and produced ghee
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@arunima25 (91224)
• Bangalore, India
11h
@allknowing Yes, we churn it with a big spoon in one direction till we feel that it's getting light and fluffy. Then we add chilled ice water slowly with soke ice cubes in it. The butter floats. You can collect it making balls and give them a few wash dipping in clean water. Else the ghee gers that dirt collected. These balls are then boiled to get ghee. The leftover is buttermilk. I boil it to get paneer.
Even the brownish thing left after ghee preparation makes nice sweets.
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@RebeccasFarm (95316)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Jun
You can buy it here pre made..but I never have..it is too expensive for us.
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
When it is heated the flavour comes out more The whole house smells of it
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
@LadyDuck It can be stored for days. I wonder why they do not sell ghee where you live.
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@aninditasen (17181)
• Raurkela, India
30 Jun
I still make my own ghee/ clarified butter. I do churn the butter out of the preserved cream. I use the blender and ice cold water to churn the cream.
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@sw8sincere (5716)
• Philippines
30 Jun
It’s understandable to switch to store-bought now; making it from scratch, especially starting from cream, takes time and effort
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
And the milk that we get these days hardly has any cream
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@freelancermariagrace (28891)
• Philippines
30 Jun
Ghee sounds like a good addition to my vegetable dishes!
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
30 Jun
It is mostly used in sweet dishes and meat dishes
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