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TO MAKE GHEE
To make ghee
This is a basic ingredient in all good Indian cooking, and although I am writing from South Africa we have a large Indian community which has developed some of its own idiosyncrasies over the years. I..
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb (500 g) best butter
- 3 green cardamom seeds, crushed in a mortar (optional)
- 2 cloves (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Melt and heat the butter (with or without the spices - I sometimes do both or one or none)in a saucepan over medium heat.
"Cook" until the residue at the bottom of the pan turns a mellow brown (sometimes you have to brush aside the foam to check this), but be careful not to burn the butter.
This all takes quite a while, so patience and a wary eye are in order.
Let it cool down and pour it through cheesecloth in a sieve into a glass bottle.
As I said, this keeps wellnigh for ever in a cool cupboard.
Use it as the basic frying medium for curried foods, and also fry it with mustard seeds or/and thinly sliced garlic or/and cumin seeds to pour over yoghurt "salads" ("raitas") as lavishly as you dare to.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a basic ingredient in all good Indian cooking, and although I am writing from South Africa we have a large Indian community which has developed some of its own idiosyncrasies over the years. It is, in fact, clarified butter cooked longer than the rench do it, so it aquires a delicious nutty, toasted flavour. It is also fequently spiced variously by individual cooks. It keeps for ever in a cool dark space.
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Aug/05/2007 11:08 pm whitelotus
Fabulous with the spices. I like it! I make a plain ghee but in a crockpot (slow cooker machine) overnight. Depending on how hot your machine is , try the low setting first, you could have either regular or nutty brown (yum) ghee. Cheers...
Fabulous with the spices. I like it! I make a plain ghee but in a crockpot (slow cooker machine) overnight. Depending on how hot your machine is , try the low setting first, you could have either regular or nutty brown (yum) ghee. Cheers...
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