Category: Food & Drink

For thousands of years, ghee has been used in everything from lamp fuel to healing ointments. It has also long been a staple in kitchens from around the world. In India, ghee stands behind only wheat and rice as dietary staples. A big part of the reason ghee was and is used so eponymously in India: the hot weather. Southern India and other tropical areas use ghee simply because it stands up to the heat. While butter is near universal, ghee evolved in regions where it made sense as a food staple due to its shelf stability, then it became so much more–medicine for the body and the soul.