How do you get granular ghee?

To make a grainy ghee—instead of refrigeration, cool your ghee more slowly by placing the melted ghee on the countertop and covering with a kitchen towel to cool overnight. The result should be a ghee with a more grainy texture, which you can then close with a lid and leave at room temperature.

How do you make ghee shelf stable?

Line a fine-mesh sieve with a flour sack towel or muslin or butter cheesecloth (or a double thickness or muslin or butter cheesecloth for a colander), place it over a heat-safe pitcher or bowl and ladle the ghee into it. This removes any lingering impurities making it keep longer in the jars.

What is Bilona method?

The traditional method of making ghee (bilona) is quite elaborate. Cow’s milk is boiled and cooled. Then a spoonful of curd is added to this milk and kept at room temperature overnight. The curd is then churned to extract butter from it. This butter is then boiled so that the water evaporates leaving behind pure ghee.

What is granulation in ghee?

The partly granular form assumed by ghee is primarily due to certain content of glycerides of higher melting saturated fatty acids, especially palmitic & stearic. Thus buffalo milk ghee show predominant granulation than cow milk ghee.

Why is my ghee grainy?

For this reason, you may find that ghee is grainy, crystallized, smooth, waxy, liquid, or a combination of various textures. This is caused by the melting and crystallization of the fats depending on the temperature and conditions during production, storage and/or transit.

What is difference between Bilona ghee and normal ghee?

The nutritional content of the bilona variety of ghee is more as compared to others. It contains a higher amount of vitamins, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acid DHA, omega-6 (CLA), and mono-saturated fatty acid (MUFA). Cow milk in itself, especially of an Indian breed, is rich in essential vitamins and other nutrients.

How is Gir cow ghee made?

The Gir is the finest cow breed in India. Shahji Gir Cow ghee is made from pure Indian Breed Gir Cows. The cows are grass fed and the ghee is made over a low flame, cooking for several hours in an earthen ghee pot in order to achieve the highest quality results.