ghee

ghee
(INDIA)
   clarified butter, regarded in India as the purest food because it comes from the sacred cow, giving a rich, buttery taste
   ♦ The Indian name for cooking fat. Most commonly used is clarified butter made from the milk of buffaloes and yaks. In regions where milk is unobtainable, mustard and sesame oil are used.

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  • Ghee — is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian (Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Pakistani) cuisine. The word ghee comes from Sanskrit: घृत (ghṛta, IPA: [ɡʱrit̪ə] sprinkled ) and has several… …   Wikipedia

  • Ghee — (g[=e]), n. [Hind. gh[=i] clarified butter, Skr. gh[.r]ta.] Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ghee — ● ghee nom masculin (anglais ghee, du sanskrit ghī) En Inde, matière grasse constituée de beurre clarifié …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ghee — [gi:] das; <aus gleichbed. engl. ghee zu Hindi ghi, dies aus altind. ghṛtá »gereinigte Butter«> in Indien zum Kochen verwendetes, aus Büffel u. Kuhmilch hergestelltes butterschmalzähnliches Fett …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Ghee — Ghee, in Indien u. Arabien so v.w. Butter …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ghee — (engl. spr. gih), s. Bassiafette …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • ghee — [gi:] n [U] melted butter made from the milk of a cow or ↑buffalo, used in Indian cooking …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ghee — [ gi ] noun uncount butter used in Indian cooking …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ghee —    (ghee) [Hindi] In India, a type of clarified butter made from buffalo’s milk or cow’s milk, used in cooking …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • ghee — ► NOUN ▪ clarified butter used in Indian cooking. ORIGIN from Sanskrit, sprinkled …   English terms dictionary

  • ghee — [gē] n. [Hindi ghī] in India, the liquid butter remaining when butter from cow s milk or buffalo milk is melted, boiled, and strained …   English World dictionary

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