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ghee

ghee

3 5.8
A type of butter made by heating it to remove water, used in Indian and South Asian cooking
  • noun
  • /ɡiː/
translation icon : ghee
  • Actually, ghee and rice is a traditional snack for children here in some parts of India.
  • ghee (clarified butter)
  • tablespoon of ghee
  • fried in ghee

Use grass fed or ghee butter or or tallow.

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Examples

  • Consume sweet potato with some fat, consume it with some ghee or butter to help absorb the carotenoids.

  • I was Ayurvedic, so I was eating predominantly plant based, but also some milk and some ghee, you know, in medicinal ways.

  • I use only the best ghee for all my preparations.

  • I used butter back then; now I use ghee for this meal.

    Blog text (1)
  • Generous use of coconut oil, butter, and ghee when cooking vegetables.

    Blog text (28)
  • Heat 1 tablespoon or so of ghee in a saucepan.

    Blog text (24)
  • For dinner, Lachman had cooked curried chicken, fresh bread fried in ghee, and urad lentils.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • If you're in Punjab or Haryana, expect your paratha to come with a block of butter or ghee (Indian butter).

    Blog text (17)
  • The Mauritian firm of Ajum Goolam Hoosen and Co., for example, supplied dahl, ghee, dates, and haberdashery to Aboobaker Amod.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I use only the best ghee for all my preparations.

Synonyms

ghi
vsghee
  • Indian
7.2

A type of butter with the water and milk parts removed, used in Indian cooking

is the same item but uses an alternate spelling

How Butter-like

butter
635 1.0
ghee
3 5.8
margarine
20 1.0
spread
12 1.1

Surface Forms

ghee singular
ghes plural
ghes singular

Etymology

Ghee comes from India; it comes from the Hindi word ghī and the Sanskrit ghṛta, which means 'clarified butter'. So think of ghee as butter that has been cleaned and cooked until it is pure and rich, and that is why cooks use it to give food a deep, lasting taste.