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New Delhi: Purity of Ghee at Home: You must have heard from your grandmothers that eating pure ghee is beneficial for health. That's why she used ghee in almost every meal. Although it is true that ghee is beneficial for your health but the condition is that it should be pure ghee. Apart from enhancing the taste of food, pure ghee also gives you many health benefits.
Even in Ayurveda, Ghee is considered an important nutritious herb, which helps in curing many diseases. Desi Ghee contains vitamins, minerals, good fats and many other nutrients. Keeping in mind its nutritious elements, people like to eat it daily.
Since ghee is very beneficial for health, perhaps that is why its price is so high in the market, but it is not necessary that the ghee purchased from the market is pure every time. There are many types of adulterated ghee available in the market, which are prepared by mixing things like potato, sweet potato, coconut oil or dalda. Adulterated desi ghee has a bad effect on health and we can become victims of many diseases.
In such a situation, it is very important to find out whether the ghee is pure or not. So, in this article we are going to tell you some ways to test ghee at home, some tips, with the help of which you can easily check at home whether the ghee you are using is pure or not.
boil in hot water
For this, boil water in a vessel and add two spoons of Desi in this boiling water and turn off the gas flame after two minutes. Cover this water and leave it for 24 hours. Check it after 24 hours. If the color of ghee is still yellow or has not curdled and the smell of ghee is also coming from it, then the ghee is pure.
recognize colors
– Heat two spoons of ghee in a vessel. When the ghee gets heated and melts, if its color starts turning light brown, then understand that your ghee is pure.
test in water
The purity of ghee can also be identified with cold water. Mix one spoon of ghee in a glass of water and leave it. See if ghee floats on the surface of water then it is pure ghee. If it is not pure, it will settle to the bottom of the glass.
salt and hydrochloric acid
Salt and hydrochloric acid can be used to identify ghee. For this, take one spoon of ghee in a bowl and add half spoon of salt and a little hydrochloric acid in it and then leave it for half an hour. After the time is up see what color it is.
If its color has changed then it is adulterated ghee and if its color has not changed then it is pure desi ghee. However, it is important to exercise caution when using hydrochloric acid. Therefore use it carefully.