What is Ghee Butter? Nutritional value and notes when using

Ghee – a new type of butter popular in countries outside India with good nutritional value for people with lactose and casein allergies. Some argue that ghee has more nutrients than regular butter, so ghee is increasingly loved and used in dishes. Let’s learn more about ghee butter through the following article.

What is ghee?

What is ghee?

Ghee is a type of butter that is produced differently from other types of butter in the purification step and has removed the water and milk residue. Because it is a refined butter, it has more fat than regular butter.

Butter ghee was originally used in Indian and Pakistani cultures. They make ghee butter for use and suitable for storage in hot weather especially here.

Butter ghee originates from Indian culture

In addition to its use in cooking, ghee is also used medicinally under the name Ayurveda . As mentioned above, most of its milk solids are removed so users can store it at room temperature for several weeks without refrigeration. If stored at a cold temperature, it can become more solid and last longer.

Carefully preserved ghee

How to make ghee butter

Ghee is made quite simply by heating regular butter to separate the dry milk residue and liquid from the fat.

First, after boiling, the butter will melt , the water will evaporate and wait for the dried milk residue to settle to the bottom of the pot with a dark yellow color, then that is ghee butter.

How to make ghee butter

How to store ghee

• After the ghee is cooked , let it cool down until it is only slightly warm. After that, filter the residue and pour it into the storage jar.
• The jar of ghee butter should be a glass jar for better preservation.
• If kept at room temperature ghee can keep for several weeks, but it is recommended that you keep it in the refrigerator for even longer.

Store ghee in a glass jar

Nutrition facts of ghee

Ghee contains almost 100% of calories from fat but does not contain lactose and casein, so can be used for those who are allergic to lactose and casein.

Ghee with many nutritious ingredients

One tablespoon (14 grams) of ghee contains:

• 13g fat

• 8g saturated fat

• 4g unsaturated fat

• 0.5g polyunsaturated fat (conjugated linoleic acid)

• Small amounts of protein and carbs

• Vitamin A 12% Daily Value

• Vitamin E 2% Daily Value

• Vitamin K 1% Daily Value

Nutrition facts in ghee

Advantages of ghee bơ

• Compared to regular butter, ghee has a higher percentage of nutrients as well as contains a higher concentration of fat.
• Contains polyunsaturated fat or conjugated linoleic acid: Helps you burn body fat better.
• Contains butyric acid and short-chain saturated fats that help reduce inflammation and promote digestive health.
• It does not contain lactose and casein so people with milk allergies can use it.

Ghee is suitable for those who are allergic to milk ingredients

Note when using ghee

• People with bad cholesterol should limit their intake of ghee to only one or two tablespoons per day.
• In the process of producing ghee at high temperatures, cholesterol can be oxidized, increasing the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease.

Notes when using ghee

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Source: hellobacsi medical consultation doctor Nguyen Thuong Hanh

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