Ghee, also known as Indian clarified butter is a magic potion. It can alleviate any normal dish to something extraordinary. Take for instance, plain white rice. Add a dollop of homemade ghee, it tastes absolutely divine. Indian cooking uses a lot of ghee and as such our cuisine is rich, with lots of spices and aromatics. Traditionally, in the olden days, homemade ghee was very common. My grandparents owned a farm and lots of buffaloes – which means there was abundance of fresh milk, yogurt, cream and the likes. Fresh cream collected over days would be used to churn fresh homemade butter at home which in turn would be converted to ghee.
We have been making fresh homemade butter and homemade ghee, since a few months. I have been used to buying skimmed milk or toned milk but recently learnt the health benefits of standardized and full fat milk. With full fat milk, the homemade curd/plain yogurt turns a lot creamier and healthier. We extract the fresh cream off the curd and store it in an airtight container for a week or upto 10 days. At large scale, fresh cream is extracted from milk but that would not be as flavorful as the one from yogurt. Instead of churning the butter using a hand whisk or an electric whisk, we use blender and it is quite quick to make butter at home this way. Check out the recipe below to learn the tips & tricks.
It is not necessary to make butter at home for making homemade ghee. If you don’t want to save cream every day or looking for a shortcut, just buy a block of unsalted butter at the store. Making ghee is very simple! Just cook the butter until it clarifies. All you need to do is stir the butter continuously. At one point, butter begins to clarify and turns a deep golden brown. The sediments collect at the bottom and we call it “goggu” (in telugu), it tastes delicious with hot rice. Filter off all the sediments and pour the golden liquid into an airtight container – your ghee is ready! If you like this, check out other “back to basic recipes” from my blog below -
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How to make Homemade Ghee | How to Make Ghee from Butter
📖 Recipe
Detailed step-wise picture recipe of making Homemade Ghee | How to Make Ghee from Butter
To make Fresh Homemade Butter
To make Fresh Homemade Ghee
Recipe Notes
If you don’t have homemade butter, store bought butter can be used too. It is important to stir the butter continuously, making sure not to burn it but cook it to right consistency.
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