Homemade Butter | How to make Butter at home

This post on How to make butter at home is with step wise pictures. Many of us think that churning butter at home is a tiresome process. Homemade butter can be made with a traditional masher (Mathu in Tamil) which is time-consuming to churn butter manually, but the cleaning process is easier. We can also use the latest food processor or mixers which makes our job simpler but cleaning the jars would become messy. The quality of the butter depends on the milk. Good quality and thick milk yield good butter. This churning process may be a little bit lengthier, but it gives us and fresh cost-effective butter. 

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Homemade Butter | How to make Butter at home

Prep Time

10 d 20 mins

Cook Time

0 mins

Total Time

10 d 20 mins

 

Homemade butter can be made with a traditional masher which is time-consuming to churn butter manually, but the cleaning process is easier, also it gives us and fresh cost-effective butter. 

Course: Homemade, Kitchen Basics

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Homemade Butter

Servings: 200 Gram

Calories: 717 kcal

Author: Priya Santhamohan

Ingredients

1 Cup = 250 ML, 1 tsp = 5 ML

• 1 Cup Malai From milk or curd
• 1/2 Cup Water

Instructions

1. Boil milk in low flame. Let it cool down. Keep it in refrigerator, after the milk cools, a thick layer or malai is formed on the top. Collect the malai with a spoon and keep it in a container. Store the malai in the freezer section and collect it for about 10 days.
2. Take the malai from the freezer and bring it to room temperature. Transfer the malai to a mixer and pour half cup of water. Turn on the mixer to whip mode. Run the mixer for 5 to 6 minutes and butter will start to separate.
3. The first stage is fluffy cream, the second stage is grainy cream, and finally the butter separates from water. This water is actually called buttermilk. Season buttermilk with salt , hing and use it.Then pour the contents in the colander.

4. Now press the butter with the back of a spoon to remove excess water. Rinse the butter in water until water runs clean. Take cold water in a bowl, and drop the butter. Let it sit for 5 minutes, drain water completely (this step is very important or else butter gets spoiled easily). Collect the butter in a clean and dry container and refrigerate it.

   Fresh homemade butter is ready.

Recipe Notes

Tips for How to make Butter at home

1. You can also use mathu as in traditional way for churning homemade butter, but it’s time-consuming.
2. Always store malai in the freezer.
3. Rinsing and draining the butter (last step) is very important or else butter gets spoiled easily.
4. You can collect malai from curd also or buy store-bought fresh cream to make butter.

Method for Homemade Butter Recipe

1. Boil milk in low flame. Let it cool down. Keep it in the refrigerator, after the milk cools, a thick layer of malai is formed on the top. Collect the malai with a spoon and keep it in a container. Store the malai in the freezer section and collect it for about 10 days.

2. Take the malai from the freezer and bring it to room temperature. Transfer the malai to a mixer and pour a half cup of water. Turn on the mixer to whip mode. Run the mixer for 5 to 6 minutes and butter will start to separate.

3. The first stage is fluffy cream, the second stage is grainy cream, and finally, the butter separates from water. This water is actually called buttermilk. Season buttermilk with salt, hing and use it. Then pour the contents in the colander.

4. Now press the butter with the back of a spoon to remove excess water. Rinse the butter in water until water runs clear. Take cold water in a bowl, and drop the butter. Let it sit for 5 minutes, drain the water completely (this step is very important or else butter gets spoiled easily). Collect the butter in a clean and dry container and refrigerate it.

Fresh homemade butter is ready.

How to make Butter at home