Everything About Ghee, and Its Backed Benefits:
What Is Ghee?
Ghee is an ingredient made by browning milk solids and separating the fat, with a nutty flavor addition. It is the most common and much-needed substance in Indian cuisine. Ghee is used in place of vegetable oil, recipes taste better when cooked with ghee. Most of the baked foods, sweets, and snacks are made with ghee. Ghee has a nutty flavor and tastes like slightly toasted butter or an unsalted cream. Ghee appears in tiny granules texture before heating it. Ghee has a long shelf life, it must be stored in an airtight closed container at room temperature. If you ever notice ghee turning brown and tasting sour, it's time to discard it
What is butter?
Butter is nothing but the fat that is obtained from churning the cow milk cream. Butter is popularly used in almost all dishes due to its rich aromatic taste. Excellent and tasty substitute for oil, primarily butter-made recipes taste is unmatched.
However moderation is a key, butter is a fat that you directly go to consume, ghee is better when compared to butter in terms of dietary habits. see the below information on how they differ in amounts yet similar
GHEE VS BUTTER:
Ghee :
- Fat - 10 - 14 grams
- Vitamin A - 13%
- Vitamin E - 3%
- Calories- 120 to 124
- Proteins- in traces
Butter:
- Fat - 11 grams
- Vitamin A - 11%
- Vitamin E - 2%
- Calories - 90 to 100
- Proteins - in traces
The similarity is because ghee is a form of clarified butter, ghee is made by heating butter fat but most of the milk is allowed and the fat is separated. When the milk is caramelized, the remaining oil is nothing but ghee.
How to make ghee at home?
- Chop butter into small pieces and cook it on low heat
- Melted butter simmered. And the separation of layers will happen
- Skim the foam on the top each time you see
- Foam slowly turns into bubbles, allow it for 25-30 minutes
- And the ghee is made, let it cool for some time, and store in an airtight container.
Nutritional Value of Ghee:
- Ghee has calories in it per 100 ml, it has almost 900 calories.
- Proteins are in trace amounts.
- Ghee contains vitamin A, vitamin E, and vitamin K
Types of Ghee:
Cow ghee: Cow ghee is usually made out of butter made from cow milk. Cow Ghee is mostly used for traditional rituals, and festivals
Gir cow ghee: Gir Cow ghee is made from gir cow milk butter, and is a traditional ghee that has many benefits especially enhances soothing throat and voice. It has medicinal properties too
A2 Ghee: A2 ghee is the purest form of ghee made out of butter that is obtained from the original desi cow. A2 ghee is usually made by churning method either by motor or hand
Bilona ghee: Bilona ghee is obtained by churning the butter from the curd with the help of a wooden beater and heating that butter or cooking at low flame, bilona ghee is formed
Camel milk ghee:Camel milk ghee is different from regular ghee which is made from cow milk or goat milk, camel milk ghee is produced from camel milk by removing the proteins, lactose and water
Buffalo ghee: Buffalo ghee is obtained by churning out the butter from buffalo milk curd substance and melting at low flame
Desi ghee: Desi ghee is a traditional process since ages, it's directly made from cow milk but by churning the butter out of it and heating the butter at certain flame.
Cultured ghee: Cultured ghee is made out of cultured butter or yogurt and unlike regular ghee, it contains lactic acid, not lactose. Those who are okay with dairy products have no significant difference with regular and cultured ghee, or else if you allergic to dairy products give a try with cultured ghee
Benefits of Cultured Ghee:
Aids Weight loss:
Cultured ghee helps in managing weight loss, as it is free from substance lactose making it unique and special. It is used in daily diet to see a healthy lifestyle
Health benefits:
Cultured ghee helps in the management of the colon in the body, as it contains butyrate which acts as a supplement for healthy functioning of the colon. It also improves bowel movements, may relieve constipation. Brings healthy weight loss which in turn is a good sign for various health concerns
Overall body nourishment:
Cultured ghee enhances the functions of the brain, flushes out the toxins from the body, maintains a healthy weight, nourishes the body, and boosts immunity
Benefits of Ghee:
Traditionally ghee has been in use since ancient times, because of its various kinds of benefits.
Ghee for Health:
Boosts energy: Ghee is rich in calories, and so it provides a lot of energy to deal with our daily life activities much better
Healthy digestion: One of the reasons why ghee is used in cooking, is because of the low quantity of fat in it helps in easy digestion
Improves Immunity system: Butyric acid, vitamins, nutrition value present in ghee, build a strong immunity system and protects the body from various unhealthy conditions
Ghee for Skin:
Hydrates skin: Vitamins present in ghee helps in locking up the skin moisture and making it smooth soft and supple
Reduces pigmentation: Ghee boosts collagen production, reduces hyperpigmentation and brings a healthy brightening skin
Makeup remover: Oil kind of consistency in ghee helps in removing makeup easily and also it replaces moisturizer
Ghee for Hair:
Improve scalp health: The healthy fats in ghee hydrate the scalp and reduce dandruff, nourish the brittles, split-ends, reduces scalp toxicity, and infections
Silky and frizz-free hair: Ghee has antioxidant properties it heals hair problems, add shine, silkiness to hair, and reduces the dryness and dullness of hair strands.
Stronger Hair: Essential Vitamins present in ghee helps in strengthening the hair strands, thereby promoting healthy strong and shiny hair.
Ghee for Babies:
Supplement: Ghee is of course a healthy supplement for babies, however in moderate levels, it provides vitamins and nutrition support for babies
Protect the skin: We can use ghee on baby skin as a moisturizer or as a protective layer on their skin. Ghee can be applied on babies' chapped lips to make them hydrated often
Healthy hair: Small amounts of ghee nourish and hydrate baby hair and scalp, use this 10minutes before shampooing baby hair
Ghee for Cooking:
From the main course to desserts ghee is a primary ingredient in many of our South Indian dishes. Some of the tasty recipes are bread snacks, sauteing meat, deep fry or roasting, snacks, sweets, baked sweet potato, and many other aromatic bakery foods are made with ghee
Ghee for Puja:
Ghee is used for puja for ages, to lighten Diya, cow milk ghee is usually used to bring the spiritual aroma into the prayers and to make it pure and powerful
DIY Ghee Remedies:
For lips:
- Apply ghee as a natural lip moisturizer or it can be mixed with brown sugar and used as a lip exfoliator
For Hands:
- For extremely dry skin, ghee can be used as a moisturizer, before going to bath apply some ghee on hands as a hydrator
For face and Eyes:
- Use ghee and honey as a face mask to treat dry skin, dark spots, and pigmentation.
- Apply ghee under the eye to reduce dark circles
For Hair:
- To reduce extreme dryness of hair, once in a while apply ghee on the scalp and hair to hydrate the scalp on the other hand it can also be used as an anti-dandruff remedy
