| Ghee - Ghee is a
clarified butter without any solid milk particles or water. Ghee is
used in India and throughout the South Asia in daily cooking.
A good quality ghee
adds a great aroma, flavor and taste to the food.
Ghee can be great assets for people who are on low fat diet since
even a lower quantity of ghee can add lot of flavor to the food than
any other oil or fat products. According to the ancient Ayurveda, a
moderate amount of ghee is the best cooking oil
When buying Ghee, be sure to buy Ghee from animal
such as cow. Do not buy an artificial ghee made by hydrogenating
vegetable oil. Pure Top Quality Cow Ghee can be purchased at
Doc's Farms Ltd.
Dahee - In India, Dahee is used as a
side dish. It may be garnished with sugar or salt and pepper. Cold
soups are made by adding cucumber called Raita. Desserts are made
with Dahee like Shrikhand. Dahee is also used in cooking. The lactic
acid in Dahee is used to tenderize chicken/lamb/beef as a marinate
to breakdown collagen, tenderize gluten in the wheat flour to make
Roti, as well as sauces such as Makhni gravy sauce.
Technically, Dahee is a fermented milk where part of lactose has
been converted into lactic acid by the lactic bacteria. Dahee has
the same nutritional value as the milk from which it is made.
However, 90% of the yogurt is digested within an hour, as opposed to
30% for milk. The live bacteria continues to work in the intestine.
This allows people intolerant to milk lactose to avoid flatulence
and diarrhea. It also helps you rebuild the intestinal flora.
Dahee's bacteria is sensitive to heat. If Dahee is pasteurized or
processed at ultra-high temperatures, the bacteria becomes inactive
and benefits associated with these 'pro-biotic' bacteria are lost.
Dahee is also used in Traditional Hindu Prayers and once again, the
highest quality Dahee can be purchased at Doc's Farms Ltd.
Paneer
- is the most common Indian form of cheese. It is an unaged,
acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese that is similar to acid-set
fresh mozzarella and queso blanco, except that it does not have salt
added. Another significant difference between mozzarella and paneer
is the fact that mozzarella melts like any other cheese whereas
paneer does not melt while cooking. Paneer is not simply a salty
form of mozarella. Most paneer is simply pressed into a cube and
then sliced or chopped, although Bengali paneer is beated or kneaded
like mozarella. Paneer is one of the few types of cheese indigenous
to the Indian subcontinent, and is widely used in Indian cuisine and
even some Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine. Unlike most
cheeses in the world, the making of paneer does not involve rennet;
it is therefore completely vegetarian. Paneer is a primary source of
protein for Buddhists (typically those of South Asian origin) who
adhere to vegetarian as opposed to vegan diets.
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