What is Ghee?
[[File:Pure Ghee-Homemade-Maharashtra.jpg|thumb|Ghee]] '''Ghee''' is a product made from animal milk. It is used in [[India]], [[Nepal]] and [[Pakistani]] cookings as a form of oil or cooking fat. It is made by boiling butter until all the water has [[evaporation|evaporated]] out and the milk solids have settled to the bottom. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ghee {{!}} butterfat|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/ghee|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> == Types of Ghee == Ghee can be made out of many different kinds of milk like cow, sheep, and buffalo milk. Ghee aged 10 to 100 years, called ''Kumbhiighrta'', is believed to have medicinal properties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ghee, the golden ambrosia|url=http://ayurveda.alandiashram.org/ayurvedic-diet/ghee-the-golden-ambrosia|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Alandi Ayurveda|language=en-US}}</ref> Ghee which is washed for 100 times is called ''Shata Dhauta Ghrita'' and considered as the oldest [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] cream.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Admin|first=Super|date=2020-09-07|title=Shata Dhauta Ghrita- The Oldest Ayurvedic Cream|url=https://www.cowkart.com/shata-dhauta-ghrita-the-oldest-ayurvedic-cream/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Cow Kart|language=en-US}}</ref> == Composition == Composition of Ghee depends on the type of animal milk used. [[Palmitic acid]] and [[Oleic acid]] are the main fatty acids found in ghee prepared from cow and sheep milk.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Al-Khalifah|first1=Abdulrhman|last2=Al-Kahtani|first2=Hassan|date=1993-01-01|title=Composition of ghee (Samn Barri's) from cow's and sheep's milk|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0308-8146%2893%2990007-3|journal=Food Chemistry|language=en|volume=46|issue=4|pages=373–375|doi=10.1016/0308-8146(93)90007-3|issn=0308-8146}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Landis|first=Denise|date=2003-12-17|title=FOOD CHAIN (Published 2003)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/17/dining/food-chain.html|access-date=2020-10-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> == R