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Ghee anyone??!!!
Here I was lazing away on a boring Monday noon π€ π€ with all my work being done, my WordPress, mails and news all upto date and having finished reading two ebooks wondering what to do next, bored bored me!! When the idea of cooking something soothing to the soul struck me and I found myself being drawn towards the kitchen. π
Opening up my freezer box I found the month load of cream I had religiously and obediently ( if you may call me so) accumulated.π
A quick defrost in the oven and I was ready to stir away my worries and boredom, in the form of home made ghee or clarified butter or butter oil as some may call it, which would emerge shortly.
I kept stirring away imagining it to be the celestial pot of amrit (Nectar)π―(For my non Indian friends it is the pot of nectar which the Gods and the Demons fought over in Hindu mythology)π
Just a vague oh so me comparison here..
So stirring..stirring..dreaming and huffing puffing I finally could get a milky buttery consistency followed by the clumps being reduced to buttery butter and eventuallyΒ turning into the liquid ghee or butter oil.
To be had with piping hot rice or brushed atop Rotis or Parathas as you may please.
So I pat myself and draw in the fresh aroma of my own pure home made ghee.. ππ
Yippee… Way to go, I tell myselfππ.. Something useful of a Monday..:D
Satish Ram said:
Applause! !
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Garfield Hug said:
Good job!!! But sinfully decadent eh?! π
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needeanshu said:
Ha ha ha actually πππππ…
Thanku for stopping by.. π
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Garfield Hug said:
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Sarah Ferguson said:
Now, if only you would come by my house and make some for me!
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words-n-motion said:
“… celestial pot of amrit… ” Can smell the aroma of freshly made ghee! π Yes, Ghee… anytime. Thank you. Oh, and thanks for stopping by to say hello to my ‘Daughters… they’re special.’. π
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needeanshu said:
Thanku for the likes.. Yes indeed daughters are the best.. Taking care of both the families.. So true and you put it in poetry so nicely.. π
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words-n-motion said:
Thanks much. π
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The Mystic Sailor said:
Good job there ! Love ghee always π And by the way thank you so much for all the likes π you just made my day π
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Cathy said:
Ghee looks wonderful ! As a child I tried whipping cream until I had butter, so I can imagine the amount of whipping it took you ! But it taste so much better when you’ve done it yourself ! I’m just discovering your blog, it’s really lovely !
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needeanshu said:
Thanku for stopping by.. π
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Ivy Ben Mun said:
heard about it… Wish I could taste ^_^
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needeanshu said:
Oh yeah it’s indeed tasty.. But fattening tooπ.. Next time you’re at an Indian restaurant do ask for some ghee..yummmππ
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rainbowgoblin said:
I haven’t made ghee in awhile, but just had this memory of making it from some butter in France. The French make the most delicious butter, but what makes it so good is that it has really high dairy solid content… When you skim that off, wow, does it ever smell bad! Think the stinkiest cheese in concentrated form. The ghee was fine, though.
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needeanshu said:
Ha ha ha yes.. Ghee Is nothing but clarified butter.. But I love the way they make cheese too.. Thanku for stopping by.. π
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Sara Moser said:
I have been learning to make ghee. 3 times, only one “perfect” batch. Questions. Is stirring better than not stirring? Should foam be skimmed before straining or not? Thank you!
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needeanshu said:
Hello there.. You have to put the collected cream in a pan,preferably a nonstick pan,so that the cream doesn’t get burnt and just keep stirring.. Foam doesn’t actually matter.. You can let it be.. Eventually you will have a transparent liquid which is the ghee.. Thanks for stopping by.. βΊ
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Healthy in Bangalore said:
Haha you’ve sent me down the memory path. When I was younger my mom and grandmom used to make ghee at home (now we make it pre-packaged and buy milk without cream). I love ghee but the smell of it being cooked still makes me gag. π
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needeanshu said:
Ha ha ha lovely memories indeed no.. π.. Thanku for stopping by.. π
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writenlive said:
Almost every young person in my house feels that gag when ghee is being made.
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needeanshu said:
I agree with you on that.. π
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writenlive said:
What a lovely post! When I married, I did not know what to do with all that milk cream. After many months of procrastination, I decided to call my mother in law to understand the exact procedure of making ghee. She tried her best and I am much better at managing the splattering… But no, I still don’t like to make it.
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needeanshu said:
Ha ha ha by the way.. I learnt to make it from my MIL..its a tedious job indeed.. π
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writenlive said:
For my MIL, making ghee is religion!!
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needeanshu said:
Hi fi..πor should I say same pinch..π ππ
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writenlive said:
Same pinch π
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BookEspy said:
The post turned the whole ghee making process into a wonderful culinary experience. Though I have never paid much attention to Ghee or Ghee making process, this surely changed the scene for me. Now I will surely remember you evrytime I have Ghee π
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needeanshu said:
Thank you.. Glad that you enjoyed it.. It was just a random post and on seeing the response I got, I posted another one, step by step process.. Thank you again for your kind words.. Made my day.. ππ
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