homemade desi ghee recipe

Homemade Desi Ghee

  • Prep Time
    10 minutes
  • Cook Time
    15-20 minutes
  • Difficulty Level
    Intermediate

Homemade desi Ghee is very nutritious and the best quality that you can eat and feed your kids.

Homemade desi ghee is traditionally made from the malai / cream / butter that is collected after churning curd and water. Here is a method to prepare homemade desi Ghee from the malai / cream collected from milk.

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Ingredients

  • Malai / cream - 1 big bowl
  • Water - as required
  • Curd / yogurt - 1 spoonful

Instructions

  1. Boil milk, let it cool down and keep it in the fridge for few hours.
  2. Collect the malai / cream that is formed on top of milk and transfer it to a box.
  3. Transfer this box to your freezer. Keep adding malai everyday to this box and keep it back in the freezer. You can follow this process for 20 days to a month.
  4. When you decide to make ghee, take the malai box from freezer and transfer it to regular refrigerator for at least 10 hours.
  5. Take the malai box out of the refrigerator and leave it outside for 4-5 hours till it comes to room temperature.
  6. Now add a big spoon of curd to the malai, mix it well and leave it for another 7 hours.
  7. Add the malai to a mixie jar, pour water till it is immersed and start the mixie on low speed for 1-2 minutes till the butter separates out from water.
  8. Collect the butter from top and transfer it to kadai. You can collect the malai water and use it to make kadi, kneading atta, baking etc.
  9. Heat the kadai on a low flame for 15-20 minutes till ghee turns golden brown and the brown sediments settle at the bottom. This brown sediments can be used in different milk sweets, atta, paratha or can be eaten plain by adding sugar or jaggery.
  10. Filter the ghee from the kadai and store it in a clean glass jar. Homemade desi ghee is ready to use.
  • Servings : 10 servings
  • Ready in : 30 minutes
  • Special Category : Healthy Food

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