Ghee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡʰiː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ghee is a noun meaning A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
Meaning
A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
More Meanings
- (South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking.
Example Sentences
A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.
Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow.
There are two kinds of ghee. Usli ghee or clarified butter is used rarely, partly because of its expense and partly because Indians consider it "heavy". The more commonly used ghee is a mixture of various vegetable oils.
Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.
Word Forms
- ghees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vanaspati, desi, lim, gingili, puree, kulfi.
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