How to make ghee at home?

Very often in cooking use melted butter. It has a sweetish taste and delicate nutty aroma. Apply ghee not only in cooking, but also in cosmetology and medicine. And in India, Pakistan, this product, which is called ghee, is generally a symbol of longevity and is used in many ritual events. Ghee butter was also very popular among the Slavs, but undeservedly forgotten later. And it is wonderful that after many years his popularity began to increase.

Not only the villagers are returning to the use of this wonderful product in cooking, but the citizens also increasingly began to cook ghee at home. The home-made butter is very different from the one sold in supermarkets. In the home product completely absent any additives and preservatives. And it is worth noting that properly cooked ghee can be stored for up to a year even without a refrigeration unit. But few people thought about what kind of product it really is and how to prepare it.

Melted butter - pure 100% milk fat. This product can be prepared in several ways, but more on that later. For now we will sort its useful and harmful properties.

Ghee is obtained by melting butter over low heat for quite a long time. Surprisingly, with all the fat content and calorie content, ghee is a very useful product. Contains vitamins PP and A necessary for the human body. Trace elements present in the oil improve the functioning of the heart and give elasticity to the vessels (potassium, magnesium). It also effectively rejuvenates the texture of the skin, saturates it with nutrients, and therefore is also used in cosmetology.

This oil has one more feature: when it is eaten, it becomes an antioxidant and removes free radicals from the body, contributing to the occurrence of cancer.

But, unfortunately, there are contraindications. People with liver disease, pancreatitis oil can not be abused. Those who are overweight should also refrain from excessive consumption of this product. Yet it is very high in calories (more than 880 kcal per 100 g).

The process of cooking ghee is quite a long time, but does not differ special difficulties. There are several ways to cook a product. And it turns out really wonderful, amber color, with a slight nutty aftertaste and a sweetish tinge. Let's tell how to cook ghee step by step.

You can get a quality product by melting the oil on a gas or electric stove.

1. To begin with, choose from the entire dishware the one whose walls will be the thickest (not only from aluminum, the oil burns in it). This is necessary so that the melting takes place evenly.
2. Then take the butter of the biggest fat content, ideally homemade (rustic) cow. But if there are buffaloes, then it will do. Cut the butter into small pieces or skip, slightly frosting, through a meat grinder.
3. Then put everything in a saucepan and put on a slow fire.
4. When the oil begins to melt, a characteristic foam will appear on the surface. It must be removed with a slotted spoon. This exfoliates all harmful impurities and unnecessary waste (buttermilk). A precipitate will form on the bottom, so stirring should be done carefully so as not to stir.
5. When the oil begins to lighten and become transparent, we can assume that the work comes to an end.

The whole process will take an hour and a half. Do not forget to constantly remove the foam. When it stops forming and ghee becomes amber, you can set the saucepan aside from a fire. Allow the oil to cool slightly and gently, trying not to stir the precipitate, pour the finished product into a clean storage container.

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Of course, with the advent of technical progress in our kitchens, the slow cooker became the main helper of the hostess. This wonderful unit and cream ghee can cook. It is only necessary to follow a certain sequence of actions, which now we will talk.

1. We take the bowl from the multicooker, finely cut the butter there with a high percentage of fat.
2. Put the slow cooker in fire mode and drown the oil. Do not close the lid.
3. After the oil gets darker, reduce the mode to 100 degrees. It is necessary to melt it completely, for this we weary for two or two hours and a half. Regularly remove the foam skimmer with small holes.
4. When the oil gets honey-yellow color, it will be a signal of its full readiness. Carefully remove the bowl, without shaking the sediment, and filter our oil through a colander covered with a layer of gauze. We do everything extremely carefully, not forgetting that this boiling oil and burns can be very painful.
5. Spill on clean dry dishes with a wide neck so that it is convenient to get when the oil hardens.

The process of cooking ghee in the oven is not much different from other ways. But there is a significant advantage: you do not need to be around all the time, watching that the oil does not start to burn (as is the case with the pan). And you do not need to remove the foam all the time (as in the case of the multicooker). But still in this way there is a minus. It is very time consuming. It may take three, four hours.

• we heat the oven to 150 degrees, at this temperature we will heat the product;
• chop finely butter into pieces, you can, slightly frosting, grate on a coarse grater;
• we lower in a wide dish (suitable for dishes made of heat-resistant glass or clay);
• close the oven;
• care must be taken to ensure that the temperature in the oven is stable;
• waiting for three hours.

When the oil gets a shade of burnt amber, it becomes transparent, the product can be considered ready. We get out of the oven, again carefully, as the dishes become greasy and slippery. Remove the foam, which is even more like a crust. Pour the product into a dry dish.

The process of cooking ghee in the microwave is different from the previous ones and occurs in two stages. First you need to decide which of the modes of the kitchen assistant is responsible for maintaining the 100-degree temperature. Many units are differently called categories of temperature regimes. Most likely, it will be "defrosting".

Further, all in a permanent pattern. You need to take the product with the largest percentage of fat, cut it into pieces and put in a dish for the microwave, the appropriate size. Taking into account the fact that there is a margin of two to three centimeters up to the top edge. Dishes should be made of heat-resistant glass.

Select the mode of 100 degrees and turn on the microwave for five minutes. Open, look. If the ghee began to burn, then we continue the procedure, if not, then we need to increase the temperature. When in this way you find the right mode for cooking, it immediately goes faster. Decided on the temperature - set for 30 minutes. And you will need to come up when the oven triggers a beep.

When cooling the product to room temperature, place the bowl in the refrigerator, without shaking. Then carefully making a hole in the oil, drain the liquid from the bottom of the bowl without mixing the product. Repeat these steps several times until the liquid stops flowing from the bottom of the dish. When not a drop of sediment drains out, ghee is ready.

Save ghee for a long time is not difficult. In hermetically sealed containers properly cooked, that is, without protein foam and with well evaporated water, without sediment, it can be stored for more than nine months at room temperature in a dark place.And in the refrigerator it is stored at all for more than a year, or even two. In India, it is even believed that the older the ghee, the more useful it is.

There are several national Indian methods of cooking ghee with the addition of various spices. And these additives already indicate where to apply this miracle cure. In combination with various spices, the taste and healing properties of the oil change. So the presence of almond and cardamom has a very positive effect on the nervous system. Ginger has long established itself as a powerful aphrodisiac. Pepper of various grades gives ghee the warming ability.

Ghee has always had a lot of fans, although at some point it was undeservedly forgotten. and replaced with newfangled imported transfats. And it's good that everything useful comes back. Now you can find a lot of positive reviews about melted butter, as more and more people are inclined to use natural products. According to reviews of people who have replaced vegetable fats with ghee in their diets, their health has improved significantly.

Many conducted massages using a baked product and also noticed significant improvements in their state of health. This massage increases the elasticity of the skin, restoring its radiance, youth and shine. The same miracle happens with the hair follicles. If at least once a month to rub into the scalp a little ghee with white pepper, then the hair will become healthy and shiny.

Compresses on the joints, which are very easy to use, but effective, relieve pain and increase mobility. In order to make a compress, melted butter should be slightly warmed and applied to the sore spot, covered with a layer of gauze and wrapped with cling film. The procedure is best done at night. By morning, the oil will be absorbed, and you will feel a significant relief. Sessions of such procedures for a sustainable effect should be held for at least ten days.

So with the help of ordinary melted butter you can significantly improve your life.

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