How To Use Your Slow Cooker To Make Homemade Ghee

Homemade ghee offers several benefits as it is packed with vitamins A, D, E, K, and healthy fats. It supports digestion, boosts immunity, improves brain health, nourishing skin, and improves bone density. Preparing homemade ghee is no longer a herculean task as you can easily make it with the help of slow cooker apart from several delicious slow cooker recipes.

To make home made ghee, the butter has to be cooked at a slow speed using a slow cooker. Milk solids or proteins can get thickened at the bottom of the slow cooker and what is left behind will be ghee. The most important point that you must always keep in mind is never close the lid of the crockpot shut. Make sure that you move the lid of the pot to the side a little bit. If you are at home while preparing the ghee, you may switch the dial to high until the butter gets melted down. If you decide to set the pot to high, you must ensure to keep it at high till the butter gets melted.  

Butter will melt at a slow pace and will begin to boil at a low speed. The lid should not be closed too tight. As butter contains water elements too, you will notice some foaming and bubbling. You have to make room for the moisture to escape.

The milk solids will coagulate at the bottom of the slow cooker. During the process of preparing ghee, the milk solids also undergo changes in the appearance and turn brown in colour due to constant heating. When the milk solids start appearing brown in colour, it indicates that homemade ghee is ready.  

Switch off the slow cooker and allow it to cool. You can use clay pots to store the ghee. You need to strain the ghee as it will remove the unwanted milk solids from entering ghee. Clarified butter or ghee has longer shelf life. It can last for 6-months when refrigerated and 2 months at room temperature.

Health Benefits of Home-Made Ghee

Improves Digestion, Gut Health: As ghee is an excellent source of butyric acid, it can nourish the intestinal walls, alleviate inflammation, and support secretion of digestive enzymes. 

Absorbs Nutrients: The fat-soluble ghee can absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K more efficiently.

Enhances Brain Functioning: Ghee is also known as brain food as the healthy fats in ghee is necessary for memory and cognitive function.

Improves Immunity, Bones: Ghee contains antioxidants and essential vitamins that can improve immunity and strengthen bones by enhancing calcium absorption.