Butter is a dairy product that one definitely uses in their daily life, especially in India where people prefer making white homemade butter to eat with garam parathas.

Homemade Butter

It is made by churning fresh cream till the milk fat starts separating from the liquid – thus forming chunks of butter. This homemade white butter can be had salted or unsalted but the market version is mostly salted butter. Since butter is mostly 80% fat, it should not be consumed in high quantities but is great in moderate quantities. 

Indian Butter Recipes

Even though salted butter might seem like a foreign concept, it is actually one of the basic ingredients in many Indian dishes. From being a topping on the piping hot Butter Garlic Naans and Aloo Parathas, to giving the rich taste to butter pavs and Pav bhaji, butter is loved by all!

The best thing about butter is that it is not restricted to any particular cuisine in India, but it is generally used all over the country for its richness.

Jini Dosa

• Butter Dosas are served in the southern states but also as a delectable roadside treat in Mumbai with tons of glossy butter. Butter also forms the base of other dosas like Jini Dosa and Mexican Dosa.

Cheese Dosa, Street Style Butter Cheese Dosa

• Various Punjabi subzis make heavy use of butter to give a creaminess and royal taste to the vegetables. A few famous ones are Paneer Butter Masala and Paneer Makhani.

Paneer Butter Masala

• In Hyderabad, they make Osmania Biscuits loaded with butter and saffron which are their specialty.

Hyderabadi Osmania Biscuit, Saffron Flavoured Biscuits

• All street sandwiches in Mumbai use extra butter to make the sandwich extra delicious, for example the Cheese Masala Toast sandwich.

Cheese Masala Toast Sandwich, Mumbai Roadside Recipe

Butter based Dessert Recipes

Butter is such a versatile ingredient that it can be used in savory as well as dessert cooking. Butter also reacts differently in different desserts. Adding cold butter to a dough will result in a crumbly pastry while adding room temperature butter will give a soft dough.

Bread and Butter Pudding

• Homemade Caramel Sauce is basically just butter, sugar, water and cream but this rich sauce, which gets its velvety feel from the butter, can be poured over many desserts too!

Homemade Caramel Sauce Recipe

• Nutella and chocolate chip cookies are melt in mouth treats made with loads of butter.

Nutella Chocolate Chip and Sea Salt Cookies

• Butter, along with maple syrup, also makes the perfect topping for hot and crispy waffles!

Waffles with Butter and Honey, Waffles Made with Yeast

• Butterscotch ice cream is loved by adults and kids! The smoothness of the ice cream and the crunchiness of the praline come together very well in this dessert.

Butterscotch Ice Cream

International Recipes with butter

Butter is loved all over the world! Cooking with butter brings out the flavor in the food and helps it taste better!

• The Italians not only cook with butter but also use butter as their main ingredient as sauces. Herb tortellini with a garlic butter has a simple sauce to 2 ingredient sauce to the pasta in.

Herb Tortellini with Garlic Butter

• In india, Dal Makhani is served regularly at Punjabi restaurants and households. The specialty of this dal is its creaminess and smoothness which is achieved by cooking the spices and dal in butter.

Dal Makhani

• American Apple Pie is a staple dish in USA during the festivals. The dough of this apple pie is made with soft butter to give it smoothness while kneading and a slightly salty, buttery taste when baked.

Apple Pie, Eggless American Apple Pie

Read about the benefits of butter below.

Butter : Butter contains 80% fats and it comprises of many types of fatty acids. Butter has short chain fatty acids and medium chain fatty acids which are broken down and absorbed into the body directly and go straight to the liver and get converted to fuel to be used by the muscles. Due to this anti-inflammatory effect, it is said to have a positive effect in treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Recent research shows that small amounts of butter has positive effects on heart health. So diabetics too can have small quantity of butter and balance it with other types of fats they consume. A tbsp. of butter fulfils 8% of your days requirement of vitamin A. This Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant which is essential for glowing skin health and immune function. We suggest you read about butter the super food.

Enjoy our  Recipes using butter, Indian Recipes using Butter below.