Homemade ghee is fresh, fragrant, pure & healthy if taken in moderation. Homemade is far better than store bought ones. You have to make once to believe it!! I used to prepare a small batch of ghee every month so that it stays fresh. Let's go to the recipe..
Homemade Ghee Recipe (From Butter) | How to Make Ghee at Home
Aromatic homemade ghee made from butter
Calories
Ingredients
- Butter - 200gm
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig optional
- Butter milk - 2 tbsp optional
Instructions
Preparation :
- Soak the curry leaves in buttermilk and keep aside. Take the butter out of freezer and keep it in room temperature for 15 minutes.
Method
- Place the butter in heavy bottomed pan and keep the flame low or low to medium. The butter will start to melt down with a sound (shhhh..).
- Keep stirring with a ladle and butter will melt down completely at one stage & the sound ceases. Now the butter will start to foam up.
- keep stirring. At one stage the foam will change in to brown in colour & the clear ghee will pop out as shown in the pic. Add curry leaves at that time & switch off the flame immediately.
- Filter out the residue and store in air tight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 2g
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Preparation :
1. Soak the curry leaves in buttermilk and keep aside. Take the butter out of freezer and keep it in room temperature for 15 minutes.
Procedure :
1. Place the butter in heavy bottomed pan and keep the flame low or low to medium. The butter will start to melt down with a sound (shhhh..).
2. Keep stirring with a ladle and butter will melt down completely at one stage & the sound ceases. Now the butter will start to foam up.
3.keep stirring. At one stage the foam will change in to brown in color & the clear ghee will pop out as shown in the pic. Add curry leaves at that time & switch off the flame immediately.
4. Filter out the residue and store in air tight container.
The ghee will be clear and brown after making (left image ). After few hours it will be creamy and yellow (right image)
Homemade ghee is ready! Try at your kitchen and let the fragrance fill your home!
Notes:
1. I have used Amul butter. You can try with any other brand or homemade butter too.
2. We can add drumstick leaves or rock salt in place of curry leaves in order to filter out the residue. You could completely skip adding any & filter the residue. Curry leaves/drumstick leaves/rock salt are just helps to filter out the residue and give fragrance to the ghee.
3. The shelf life is one month if handled properly.
4. Use unsalted and organic butter for babies below one year.
5. Please note that it's not a authentic way of preparing ghee from scratch. It's just the process of obtaining ghee from butter.
Irfan Hyder
Is there any alternate of curry leaves bcoz in pakistan we dont get curry leaves
gkfooddiary
U can replace with drumstick leaves..Just skip it .. If you can't source them.,Its used for fragrance
gkfooddiary
U could use rock salt to filter out the residue
Gouri
Wat is butter milk..???
Gouri
Wat is butter milk..???
Gouri
Wat is butter milk..???
gkfooddiary
Buttermilk is liquid taken from curd or yougurt.. Take 1 tsp of curd n add 1/2 cup if water n whisk it to get buttermilk for this recipe
ritu drolia
Hi Kalyani....butter is salty na....so ds ghee will also be salty???
gkfooddiary
No it won't be .. But Choose unsalted butter for making ghee if for babies
Buji
Hi .should we add the buttermilk and curry leave to the ghee or just the curry leave.
Buji
Hi .should we add the buttermilk and curry leave to the ghee or just the curry leave.
Buji
Hi .should we add the buttermilk and curry leave to the ghee or just the curry leave.
gkfooddiary
Only curry leaves
sunitha
hi dr,
can you pls explain the advantage of ghee prepared in this method over the store bought ghee....is it bcoz store bought ghee contains more chemicals/preservatives than store bought butter or is there any other reason...? with a small baby in hand its difficult to prepare ghee using traditional method and ur method is pretty easy in this regard...
thank you
gkfooddiary
yes ..making ghee from butter at home is comparatively better than store bought ones as its fresh and preservative free.. its recommendable when you dont have time to prepare ghee using traditional method
sunitha
thank you so much for ur prompt reply.....i shall surely try ths way and share the results....i really appreciate your effort in giving quick replies to our queries and it make ur space unique....
thnks dr
gkfooddiary
You are most welcome:)
sunitha
hi dr,
tried ur recipe....that heavenly aroma is beyond words,,,,thnks for the wonderful recipe...while cooking some doubts popped up:
my residue was dark brown...did i cook it long?
if we add curry leaves will ghee get have its scent or flavour...
thank you..
gkfooddiary
the residue should be light brown in color, guess you overcooked
Adding curry leaves give nice flavor also helps to separate the residues while filtering