Butter is a dairy product usually made from cow's
milk. It is used as a spread on bread as well as in cooking. As a result, butter is one of the most used products daily, all over the world.
Clarified butter or ghee is the result of rendering butter. Butter comes in many versions, depending on the amount of fat and
salt it contains. Hence, you can get
salted butter,
semi-salted butter (or
demi-sel),
unsalted butter,
full fat butter,
light or low fat butter and any combination of
salt and fat amounts. Low fat butter is made from vegetable products instead of
milk.
Butter is solid when refrigerated and melts at room temperature. Common uses of butter, besides used as a spread on bread, are frying and baking. Butter is also widely used in pastry making and sauce making, especially in the
French cuisine. It is also commonly used instead of vegetable or
olive oil for frying; in that case, it adds a sweeter taste and distinctive aroma to the food.