Cardiologist Shares Two Rules For Choosing Better Packaged Ghee

Ghee is a golden cooking fat commonly used in Indian meals.

It contains vitamins and fats, but it is also high in calories, so people should eat it in moderation.

Cardiologist Dr. Alok Chopra says homemade ghee is the best choice when possible.

Traditional homemade ghee starts with milk, which is turned into curd and then hand-churned into butter.

The butter is slowly heated until it becomes ghee.

For packaged ghee, he says shoppers should check two things: the type of milk and the way the ghee was made.

A2 describes the milk, while bilona describes the traditional process.

He notes that many commercial products are made from cream instead, so they are not the same as traditionally prepared bilona ghee.