Guest guest Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 Hi All ~ The following is directions on how to make your own Ghee, which is a big part of Ayurvedic tradition. The author is Aliceann Carlton. Janet ******************* If you make ghee correctly, it will not go rancid....keeps on a shelf formonths. I don't make soap so wouldn't have a clue about the proportions,perhaps the same as olive oil in soap? I make ghee from one pound of saltedbutter about 1 time every 2 weeks. It's one of my favorite things to do. It takes watching after simmering for 20 minutes or so...don't skim off thefoam as it has medicinal properties too. When the solids have all fallen inclumps to the bottom of the pan, the oil bubbles are very small and evenover the surface. Then it turns a dark golden yellow. It smalls likepopcorn when it is ready to take off the heat. If the curds / solids turnbrown, it will take on a more caramel smell and flavor...OK but not asuseful and stronger flavored. Take it off the heat and let cool for a fewminutes, then strain into a glass container through a fine mesh seive whichcollects all the solids. The ghee is a gorgeous yellow which will solidifyat room temp, then melts into a clear liquid at a low temp. It doesn't burneasily as it does with the solids still in it. If it starts to have a sharpsmell or mold then it needed to simmer longer....or it has been contaminatedby a utensil with other food on it. Cheers, AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Thank you so much for noticing this! Aliceann wrote the following to correct the matter and enlighten me further on ghee ;-) Janet "You should use unsalted butter for ghee. Using salted butter adds heat andother energy qualities to ghee whci changes its effects. So, your instinctsare correct my friend...unsalted is what you need. If you taste each, youwill instinctively notice the difference in effect through the rasa (taste).The virya (energetic effect) will follow shortly if no other food goes intothe stomach...warming as opposed to cooling, and the vipak (post-digestiveeffect) you will not notice until later... Sometimes salt is added to medicated ghee as well as herbs but very rarely." - paul id herbal remedies Monday, December 30, 2002 10:27 PM Re: [herbal remedies] RE: Making Your Own Ghee Ghee is generally made from unsalted butter. pls share the reasoning for choosing salted butter. The Ghee is not merely a substitute for butter as in cooking. Ghee makes remarkable contribution to the wellbeing of mind and the body. The list would be too long. But if i may indulge you for a moment in observing the following. Milk perhaps shows more energy transformative stages than any other single food item. Milk of its own has very short shelf life on its own. It would spoil quickly. Boiling the milk makes it stay a bit longer. Boiling the milk also brings the cream to the top. The cream can be churned to make butter and whey. Now both butter and Whey become differnt but still nurturing energies. The milk can after boiling be made into yogurt. Yogurt will stay good for a bit longer than the milk and has yet different healing roles to play. Butter purified thru the fire... aquaries a longer shelf life. Ghee I have seen used that was 5 years in shelf life . never refregerated. So when a delicate thing like milk that would have wilted but in hours is transformed in to Ghee that has distlled the life force at its best that which can live with lesser degredation than how it came.. so it brings to the human mind and body fortified energies. Ghee is the only acceptable fuel in holy lamps. Now the poor cow! ... I never understood why it was holy.! Untill this converstaion with a sadhu in the dusty plains in a summer evening as the sunset was coming close and the monk was doing his last cup of chai before his evening prayres after which he spoke no more till the break of the next morning. Sitting comfortable in the dirt as a child in his mothers lap he said.. Observe the following. Of all the animals in the lords creation The Holy Cow is the only creature that completly serves mankind. It gives milk for nourishment. It gives its progeny for further service ... males to do labor ..and cows to give more milk and more progeny. It takes for its diet wild grass and straw. Its dung is used for fuel and ferttilizer.. even for the food it took, it returned nourishment to the land from whence it got the food. Its bone are used for many things .. its leather is of great use long after its death.. and the remaing carcus is food for many a creature of the earth as well as the dwellers of the sky. Leaving its flesh to even feed the crows and the vultures of this earth. Now sir, when man kinds collective mind reaches a point that it even wants to butcher this selflessly serving creation of the holy mother... then the collective mind is reaching the shores of self destruction. When collectivly you can not see and honor the devinity of selfless service... then a time of great destruction is near.... .. he paused and went on to pick up his small wick lamp lit with a cotten wick in holy ghee...and immersed himself in his evening chanting.. forgive the length of this post. but the ghee prompted a thought. Best Wishes to you all for the best to come in the new year! Robin <lezibeth wrote: I am new to herbal remedies and I'm not sure where this conversation started or if anyone already knows (or if I am butting in!) but ghee is used when cooking many arabic dishes. You can buy it at any arabic food store. The larger cities have more stores to choose from but even the smaller cities usually have one or two. This is only if you do not want to make it for yourself, but the recipe looks easy enough! If you are going to purchase it , you can ask for it under the same name. Ghee is the arabic word for it. I have used it for many years since I was once married to a syrian and learned how to cook traditional food from his sister and his mother. I always purchased ghee and never made my own. It comes in a container similar in size and shape to a one pound coffee tin. I didn't know it was made from butter though! - Robin - Dragonhealer herbal remedies Monday, December 30, 2002 2:47 AM [herbal remedies] RE: Making Your Own Ghee Hi All ~ The following is directions on how to make your own Ghee, which is a big part of Ayurvedic tradition. The author is Aliceann Carlton. Janet ******************* If you make ghee correctly, it will not go rancid....keeps on a shelf formonths. I don't make soap so wouldn't have a clue about the proportions,perhaps the same as olive oil in soap? I make ghee from one pound of saltedbutter about 1 time every 2 weeks. It's one of my favorite things to do. It takes watching after simmering for 20 minutes or so...don't skim off thefoam as it has medicinal properties too. When the solids have all fallen inclumps to the bottom of the pan, the oil bubbles are very small and evenover the surface. Then it turns a dark golden yellow. It smalls likepopcorn when it is ready to take off the heat. If the curds / solids turnbrown, it will take on a more caramel smell and flavor...OK but not asuseful and stronger flavored. Take it off the heat and let cool for a fewminutes, then strain into a glass container through a fine mesh seive whichcollects all the solids. The ghee is a gorgeous yellow which will solidifyat room temp, then melts into a clear liquid at a low temp. It doesn't burneasily as it does with the solids still in it. If it starts to have a sharpsmell or mold then it needed to simmer longer....or it has been contaminatedby a utensil with other food on it. Cheers, AA Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. 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