Ghee Oil

I've finally taken it upon myself to try making some ghee oil, which is a very crucial pillar of which a lot of Ayurvedic nutrition is based on.  Ghee oil, which has many other names such as clarified butter, is the oil in butter separated from the milk solids (whey protein).  This oil is believed to have many nutritional and spiritual properties,  but I won't get into those, as it's your own journey.  The oil, when separated, can be left at room temperature, as the milk solids are what cause it to go off.  It just hardens, similar to coconut oil.

It's very simple.  You just basically boil a whole block of good quality, unsalted butter on medium-low for a while until you see the milk solids (white foamy stuff seen in the picture below) separate.

The next part, from my research is sort of up to you.  Some people like to leave it boiling for a while longer, while the milk solids slowly become a little more brown (hopefully not burning!).  When we separate the milk solids later, they can be used for various things.  One of which I've come across is the famous Gulab Jamun dessert dish, also from India, which involves fried balls using this part of the butter, then drenched in a honey spice sugar paste.  They're amazing, I'll try making them at some point.  Anyway, next part.

So to separate the milk solids from the oil, I got a cheesecloth, which is like a fabric strainer, and is super cheap.  I still used a fine strainer, but put the cheesecloth in it, for maximum filtering!  This then left me with this.

Big bowl a' golden beauty

This picture cannot properly emphasize the amazing colour of this golden behemoth of health.  So that's basically it.  Very easy, just boil, not too much, then strain out milk solids.  Put them in a separate baggie for the fridge but they apparently freeze great too.  I put my ghee oil into an old honey jar.

Didn't yield a ton, but ideally I'd make a bunch at a time.  Also, if you buy ghee oil straight from a store, your wallet will hurt worse.  Either that or your health will.  Probably both.  Your choice!