Do you know why Ghee always comes first on the wellness web? Does it surprise you that why the food writers never get tired of writing about Ghee? Do you know why there’s not a single home in India where you’ll not find Ghee? The answer is very simple, i.e., Desi Ghee is a super-ingredient, which can never go cliché. Be it gluttons, gourmets, or health nuts, Ghee works for all forever. It doesn’t matter whether you’re sticking to Keto, Paleo, or any other diet; ghee is the answer to everything.

Q1. How can I use ghee? 

Answer: There can be multiple uses of ghee such as:

To roast or sauté veggies.

To stir into rice, soup, lentils, oatmeals or mashed potatoes.

To combine with garlic, herbs & salt which cooking.

To bloom spices before adding them to your food.

To toast cumin & sauté mushrooms on high heat with ghee & salt.

To apply on chapatti/roti for regular use.

Q2. What is the shelf life of my ghee?

Answer: The shelf life of an unopened packaged ghee jar according to the lab reports and FSSAI norms is 1 year without any refrigeration. The shelf life of an opened jar is 3 months without refrigeration and 12 months in the fridge.

We don’t use any kind of preservatives in any of our products & we advise it to be consumed within 1 year even though the ghee can be used for several years.

Q3. Is the texture of my ghee normal?

Answer: Ghee is mostly used for cooking fat, or on top of a few warm/hot foods & drinks. So, whatever texture your ghee is into, it would eventually melt into clear golden liquid in a few seconds when its heated.

There is no guarantee about the texture of ghee from our ghee because its mostly dependent on the outside temperature & its perfectly normal whether its grainy, gritty, or in a smooth texture.

Q4. Jars to tight to open, Is it okay?

Answer: Sometimes due to the changes in outside weather conditions during the transit, the lids of our ghee jars could be tight to open. This happens due to the ring loosens with heat and contracts with cold.

To easily open your ghee jar, simply heat the rim of the lid under hot water on a gas stove or put it under the running hot water. After a few seconds, use a towel or napkin in your hands to open the jar smoothly to protect your hands from heat.

Q5. What is herbal/ spiced ghee?

Answer: As we speak vedically, “Charaka Samhita”, an ancient ayurvedic text, written around 800BC, says that’s ghee has the following 2 very important qualities:

Yogavahi: Ghee has an ability to augment the effect of any herb to it. Ghee also helps in transporting the healing & health-promoting qualities of any herb to the body.

Samskar Anuvartan: When ghee is processed with the herbs, it does not lose its own qualities which imbibing the attributes of the herbs added to it. Among almost all oils & fats, only ghee has this unique quality, whereas other oils & fats give up their own quality. (Except few)

Q6. Why use spiced/herbal ghee?

Answer:

• It saves cooking time – the spices are already infused in the ghee- Isn’t that amazing?!
• It adds great flavour.
• The flavours carry well mending with other ingredients, so you can really taste the spices and herbs, yet they are not over powering.
• When you don’t have a variety of spices or you’re out of supply, you sit back and relax using the infused ghee directly in your food.
• It brings good nutrition to your body due to the presence of fat-soluble vitamins, CLA of herbs
• Its perfect for simple snacks & meals from spreading on crackers/ topping/ soups or adding onto chicken/fish. (However, we at Vedically, don’t promote non-vegetarian diets.)