Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1½ Cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 2005

  • About

Ghee is a form of clarified butter used as a cooking oil and flavoring, as well as in Hindu religious rituals. It gives an enticing flavor to food when used for cooking or drizzled on at the last moment (see Chicken Biryani, Dum Style, for example).

When butter is clarified, it’s heated until it melts, then it’s heated over low temperature until the water it contains evaporates. The milk solids sink to the bottom of the pan and cook a little, givin