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Ghee

Ghee is clarified butter sold in jars. It has a nutty aroma and is used for deep frying and tempering, and pairs with rice.

  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Fats & oils
Made from
Butter
Part used
Fat
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Ghee, whole

Photo: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use ghee

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Deep fry
  • Temper bloom

Cooking with it

Ghee has a high smoke point and can be used for high-temperature cooking.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Nutty

Shopping

Choosing and storing ghee

Sold as
Jarred

Nutrition

What 100 g of ghee holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 100%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ghee
Energy900 kcal · 3,766 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat100 g
of which saturated60 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol300 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171314), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where ghee is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use ghee. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list ghee among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with ghee

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Kanji rumbi

    Indonesia

  • Nasi kebuli

    Indonesia

  • Dalca

    Indonesia

  • Katt Bafla

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include ghee.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: ghee in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milkChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
butter (clarified)
A kind of
clarified butter

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What ghee is called

Names in 73 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Ghee

  • French

    Ghî

  • Italian

    Ghi

  • Portuguese

    Ghee

  • German

    Ghee

  • Dutch

    ghee

  • Turkish

    sarı yağ

  • Russian

    гхи

  • Polish

    Ghi

  • Arabic

    سمن حيواني

  • Persian

    گھی

  • Hebrew

    גהי

Show all 73 languages

  • Albanian

    Gia

  • Assamese

    ঘিউ

  • Azerbaijani

    Sarı yağ

  • Bangla

    ঘি

  • Basque

    Ghee

  • Cantonese

    印度酥油

  • Cebuano

    Ghee

  • Chinese

    酥油

  • Croatian

    Ghee

  • Czech

    ghí

  • Danish

    ghee

  • Divehi

    ދަހީ

  • Egyptian Arabic

    سمنه بلدى Samna Baladi · Samna Baladi

  • Esperanto

    Gio

  • Finnish

    Ghi

  • Georgian

    ღიი

  • Gujarati

    ઘી

  • Hausa

    Ghee

  • Hindi

    घी

  • Hungarian

    ghi

  • Icelandic

    Skírt smjör

  • Igbo

    Ghee

  • Indonesian

    Minyak samin

  • Irish

    gí

  • Japanese

    ギー

  • Javanese

    Lenga samin

  • Kabyle

    Talussi

  • Kannada

    ತುಪ್ಪ

  • Kashmiri

    گؠو

  • Kazakh

    Гхи

  • Korean

    기

  • Latvian

    gī

  • Lithuanian

    Ghi

  • Macedonian

    ги

  • Magahi

    घिउ

  • Maithili

    घी

  • Malay

    Minyak sapi

  • Malayalam

    നെയ്യ്

  • Marathi

    तूप

  • Nepali

    घिउ

  • Nias

    Fanikha sami

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    ghi

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    ghi

  • Punjabi

    ਘਿਓ · ਘਿਉ · ਘੇ · ਘੀ

  • Sanskrit

    घृतम्

  • Santali

    ᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱥᱩᱱᱩᱢ

  • Scots

    ghee

  • Serbian

    Ги

  • Sinhala

    ගිතෙල්

  • Slovenian

    Ghee

  • Swahili

    Samli

  • Swedish

    ghee

  • Tamil

    நெய்

  • Telugu

    నెయ్యి

  • Thai

    ฆี

  • Tulu

    ನೆಯಿ

  • Ukrainian

    гхі · ґгі · ґі

  • Urdu

    گھی

  • Welsh

    Gî · gî · ghî · ghee

  • Western Panjabi

    گھیو · گھی · گھے

  • Wu Chinese

    酥油 (印度)

Photos

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Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q323225

Photos

Photo: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Charles Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Daiane bortolon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Letsgotoexplore · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons