Indian-Style Clarified Butter

A staple of Indian cooking, ghee is made by slowly cooking whole sweet butter until the water contained in the butter evaporates and the milk solids turn golden brown, giving the butter a rich, nutty aroma and flavor. Surprisingly little ghee can be stirred into soups just before serving to give them a rich, buttery flavor.

Because butter is about 25 percent water, it takes about a pound (2 cups) of butter to make 1-½ cups of ghee. If you use ghee with an