How to Make Pure Desi Ghee at Home?

Ghee (or clarified butter) is one of the most important ingredients in the Indian kitchen culture. Ghee consists of fat-soluble vitamins, which aid weight loss. Ghee also plays a key role in balancing hormones and maintaining healthy cholesterol. It contains plenty of omega-3 fatty acids along with Vitamin A. Making ghee at home is not a difficult job as it may seem. If you have full cream milk at home, ghee can be made easily at home. Now, let's have a look at the ghee making process:

Ingredients: 

1. Cream of milk (preferably cow milk) or malai collected for 10-15 days (depending on the quantity of milk).
2. Coldwater, as required

Process:

• Continue to collect milk cream in a container for 10-15 days from boiled and cooled milk which should be kept in the refrigerator to prevent fermentation.

• Add the milk cream to a container along with a little amount of cold water. For churning, I used a hand blender mixer or you can also use a spatula or a wooden churner for whisking. Whisk the mixture for 2 to 5 minutes to separate butter from the mixture (FYI: milk-water mixture left after separating out the butter is known as buttermilk).

• Now, take another bowl, fill with cold water, and add the butter. The butter will float which will further get separated from the buttermilk mixture. 

• Transfer the separated butter in a big saucepan/kadhai/deep bottomed pan.
• Switch on the gas to high flame.

• The butter will start melting and you will see the bubbles forming on top.

• Now, simmer the flame and boil it until the ghee starts to float upwards. When the pale yellowish colored liquid color turns to dark brown color, switch off the gas.

• Let it cool down, separate the ghee and solids by straining using a filter or a muslin cloth. The ghee will have a nice aroma which is quite distinctive. 

• You can now store the ghee in an airtight glass container.

If you like the recipe, do try it in your homes, and share your experiences in the comment box below. You can share it on your social media handles using #cookwithchandrani.