Ghee?

Kittenkirst · 19 October 2011 at 10:48PM

Hi fellow MSEr's.

In the name of trying to be frugal I have bought a 1kg tin of Ghee for £4.50....and now I'm not sure how to use it.

I have an idea in my mind that it is like clarified butter and can be used as such (which is why I thought it was a bargain given the cost of butter!)

Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated. Also how do you store once opened and for how long?

scheming_gypsy · 19 October 2011 at 10:54PM

Indian's use ghee like oil. If you get a takeaway curry they'll use ghee when cooking.

Soundgirlrocks · 19 October 2011 at 11:08PM

Urm I get 250g of butter for £1.09 at lidl - sorry perhapps not such a bargin! But good news you can use it for frying and anything else you would use butter (unsalted) not sure about cakes. It won't burn like butter can as well. I would keep it in the fridge but I don't think it will go off any time soon.

babyshoes · 20 October 2011 at 12:19AM

Once opened we keep it in the fridge, and use it for frying anything that will benefit from a buttery taste. It is clarified butter so is missing the solids that separate (and burn) when you melt butter - not sure quite how it would work in baking. Probably not terrible, but maybe not great! Unopened it lasts for ages, so is a great storecupboard standby.