ghee
Butter without solids
Ghee is clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
The milk solids are removed by heating and straining, leaving pure butterfat with a high smoke point and rich, nutty flavor.
Ghee keeps longer than regular butter and appears in Indian cuisine, Ayurvedic medicine, and religious rituals: The rice was cooked in ghee.
Made understandable
- cookingPreparing food with heat
- sautéingQuick cooking in fat
- fryingCooking in shallow fat
- lactose-freeLacking milk sugar
dairy · fat · nutty · golden · ingredient · pantry · staple · drizzle
Bright yellow, or precious
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- liquidFree-flowing substance
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- clarifiedMade understandable
pale-yellow · glossy · shimmering · clear · solidified · grainy · spreadable · melted
Fat with solids removed
- AyurvedaTraditional Hindu healing practice
- subcontinentMajor continental subdivision
- VedicOf Hindu sacred writings
- dosaFermented flatbread, subcontinental
chapati · dal · curry · roti · naan · halwa · sambar · paratha
Hindu worship ritual
- offeringSomething presented or given
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- templeSacred worship structure
worship · deity · aarti · lamp · mantra · sanctity · pilgrimage · blessing
clarified
Made understandable
lactose-free · dairy · fat · nutty · golden · ingredient · pantry · staple · drizzle · basting
golden
Bright yellow, or precious
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- liquidFree-flowing substance
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
clarified · pale-yellow · glossy · shimmering · clear · solidified · grainy · spreadable · melted · pooled
clarified butter
Fat with solids removed
- AyurvedaTraditional Hindu healing practice
- subcontinentMajor continental subdivision
- VedicOf Hindu sacred writings
dosa · chapati · dal · curry · roti · naan · halwa · sambar · paratha · biryani
puja
Hindu worship ritual
temple · worship · deity · aarti · lamp · mantra · sanctity · pilgrimage · blessing · purification
fragrant
Emitting pleasant smell
- nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
- toastedBrowned by heat
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
browned · rich · warm · earthy · roasted · sweet · cooked · toasty · aromatic · essence
decadent
Self-indulgent, often corruptly
velvety · satisfying · comforting · sumptuous · luscious · silky · smooth · unctuous · buttery · glistening
- Fatfat, body fat, belly fat, lard, blubber
- buttermakingbutter churn, churn, churning, dasher, butter mold
- thalisambar, dal, chapati, rice, papad
- puja itemsthali, tilak, brass lamp, wick, camphor
- temperingcumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, dried chilies, asafoetida
- Vedic ritualssacred fire, fire ritual, oblation, sacred vessel, sacrificial fire
gheeraw butter
Unpasteurized churned cream fat
cultured butter · cream · milk · buttermilk · fresh butter
gheevegetable oil
Plant-derived culinary lipid
olive oil · coconut oil · seed oils · vegan butter · margarine