How to Make Ghee at Home

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About two years ago, I tried to find Organic Ghee in grocery stores and I was disappointed to find how expensive and difficult it was to find good ghee. I remember my grandma churning butter and using the fresh cream to make cultured ghee. The smell of fresh ghee being made over wood burning store – Oh! Smell of Heaven! May be some of you can relate to it. If not, just take my word for it. 🙂

I decided to make my own ghee. After doing a lot of research, I set my mind of making the best possible, which is organic CULTURED ghee. There is a difference between just organic and organic cultured ghee. Cultured ghee is made with sweet cream that is cultured (allowed to sit overnight after churning to increase microbial activity).

The easiest way to make your own ghee is use already found organic cultured butter found in grocery stores. I use Organic Valley Unsalted Cultured Butter. You should be able to purchase 1 lb for under $6.00 at Kroger or Whole Foods. Why CHOOSE to make your own ghee? 1 lb of cultured organic ghee will cost you over $15.00 at best. I make 2 lbs of ghee at a time.

Supplies needed:

  1. 16 oz mason jar
  2. Stainless steel saucepan to melt butter
  3. Stainless steel strainer or cheesecloth
  4. 1 lb of unsalted organic cultured butter (cubed)
  5. 30 minutes of your time 🙂

Steps:

  1. Cut butter into cubes and melt it on medium heat in a stainless steel pot.
  2. Once the butter melts, its starts to bubble and foam. Butter contains milk solids and moisture, which has to get close to zero in the final product.
  3. I will post a ghee-making video, which will show the butter starts to foam into milky white color. Let it simmer in medium low heat for 5 minutes before checking again
  4. Total 10 minutes on the stove, the ghee starts to look like this –                                                         
  5. After 15 minutes, it looks like this – you can see the milk solids from side of the saucepan. You don’t have to stir it if you don’t want to: 
  6. I like my ghee smoky so I let it cook a bit longer until the solids turn reddish brown. After 20 – 22 minutes, ghee starts to foam into milky color again. 
  7. After you see this kind of foaming, turn off the heat and let it sit for a few minutes. I use heated mason jar to pour my ghee. DO NOT use plastic jar to store ghee, it will start to smell after a few months. It stays fresh in the glass jar for over 6 months. Here is the color of strained ghee 
  8. I used stainless steel fine mesh strainer, but you can use cheesecloth as well. Here is the final product. It smells amazing. I hope you will choose to make ghee – it is so much cheaper, better quality and takes less than 30 minutes. Cost of making ghee at home is $6.00 for 15 ounces and $13.50 if you buy in a store. Happy Ghee-ing 🙂