Sunday, June 3, 2007

Making Ghee (Hindi) / Nayyi (Tamil) / Clarified Butter (English)

Ingredients:

1. 200 gms. Makkhan(Hindi) /Vennai(Tamil) /Stick of Unsalted Butter
2. Kadai/ Bandli/ A Heavy bottom saucepan
3. Chalni/ Vadigati/ Filter

Method:

1. Heat the saucepan on a low to medium fire for about 2 min.
2. Add the stick of butter to this heated saucepan and keep the fire going.
3. Monitor the color of butter heating in the pan every few minutes. (look for a frothy appearing on the top.. also if u slightly blow on this frothy formation .. u can look at the color of melted butter.
4. If the color is almost golden remove from fire and place the saucepan away from the fire to cool.
5. Filter this golden color liquid into some dry bottle to store ( can store it without refrigeration even for a year or so).

Taste Caution:
Keep an eye on how long u cook the butter...because if u keep it long ...u will burn the ghee and it will taste like something charred....

Uses:
In India butter is used anyfood for e.g. in Rice to give it the ghee smell by adding a drop or two. In indian sweets it is one of the main ingredient like butter used in America for baking...

To Learn more check out this link: Ghee

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