Name: Homemade White Butter | Makhan Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy whipping cream; hand beater or food processor

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The homemade white butter or makhan is really addicting and irresistible. Serve it on a toast, freshly baked bread, parathas or naan. Flavor with salt or honey if needed.

Homemade white butter is the best if you love bread.

After coming to the US, you crave so many things you have had growing up and one of those things is homemade butter. Here I never needed to boil the already pasteurized milk, so the white butter was completely out of the question.

One day a friend called me and said, a chef friend of hers told her that white makhan or butter could be made from heavy cream. I remember the excitement we had. After hearing this another friend hosted a paratha(Indian stuffed bread) and Makhan (butter) party.

We did not for a moment worry about the tons of calories we were putting in.

Bun Maska | Iranian cafe-style buns are a must if you have homemade butter.

Homemade ghee | clarified butter can be made from butter. If you have heavy cream and it is nearing expiry then you can turn it into clarified butter since it has a long shelf life.

White butter can be frozen for later use, but it won’t stay fresh for more than 5 to 7 days in the refrigerator.

How to make butter from milk?

Traditionally butter was made from milk by reserving the milk cream after boiling the milk. Growing up, most of us have seen our mom making it at home.

1. To make butter from milk, Heat the milk, and once you see the foam on the top about to fall, lower the heat and simmer it for an additional 5 minutes.

2. Turn off the heat and let the milk cool completely. If you leave the pot uncovered you will get thicker cream. Scoop the cream with a spoon and transfer it into a glass jar or container which will hold about 10 days of cream.

3. When you are ready to make butter, add it to a jar of food processor or mixer along with 1/2 cup of ice-cold water or cold water and beat it.

4. The butter will separate after just a couple of minutes. Take the butter in your hands and squeeze to remove the extra liquid.

5. Place the butter in an airtight container, preferably glass or steel, and refrigerate.

6. You can convert this into homemade ghee | clarified butter.

How to make butter from heavy cream | whipping cream?

Making butter with hand beater: Step-by-step images

1. Pour the heavy cream into a bowl and start beating it.

2. First, it will turn into whipped cream and, then the more you mix; you will see the solids separating.

3. Gather the butter with your hands an,d squeeze the liquid out.

4. The leftover liquid is the buttermilk, and you can use it in different recipes.

How to make butter from cream in a mixer or food processor?

Add the heavy cream and keep mixing it on high. The mixture will separate. Gather the butter with your hands and squeeze the liquid out.

A Pro Tip: Keep the beater, bowl and the mixer jar in the freezer for 5 minutes before beating if possible to speed the process.

White butter can be used to make:

Cake
Cookies
Curries
Bread (Try this bun maska recipe)
Flavor with salt, honey or sugar and spread it on toast, parathas or naan. (In my opinion, this is the best way to have homemade butter.)

How to make buttermilk at home?

The good news is the liquid that remains is the buttermilk. The homemade version is slightly sweeter and not as thick as the commercial version.

My mom adds a tablespoon of yogurt, gives it a mix, and keeps it at room temperature for about 24 hours to ferment and to achieve a sour taste. It can be used to make chaas | Indian style flavored very refreshing buttermilk.

Commercial buttermilk is generally soured milk, that’s the reason it is thick and creamy.

Some buttermilk recipes:

You can use the leftover liquid to

Knead the dough (Makes soft dough)
Cakes
Pancakes
Chaas | Indian style flavored buttermilk
Buttermilk fried chicken
Biscuits
Panna cotta
Blueberry cake with buttermilk is the best.
The famous red lobster cheddar bay biscuits are irresistible and only needs few ingredients.

How to make buttermilk substitute?

If you need buttermilk for your recipes immediately. To make 1 cup of buttermilk, add a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice and fill the remaining cup with milk. Stir and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Homemade White Butter | Makhan Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

The homemade white butter or makhan is really addicting and irresistible. Serve it on a toast, freshly baked bread, parathas or naan. Flavor with salt or honey if needed.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: buttermilk recipe, clarified butter, homemade butter, homemade buttermilk, white butter, white homemade butter

Servings: 1 golf sized ball

Ingredients

2 cups heavy whipping cream
hand beater or food processor placing the bowl and the attachments in the freezer for 5-10 min before whipping can decrease the preparation time significantly

Instructions

Hand beater method:
Pour the whipping cream in a big bowl.
Once you start beating you will see different stages. 1st the whipped cream, then it will start to curdle.
The final stage is when the liquid can be seen. Now this liquid is the buttermilk.
Food processor method:
Pour the whipping cream into the jar of the food processor. Turn it on and let it run till the solid separates.
Take the butter in the palm of your hand and squeeze the liquid with both the hands.
Store the butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
If not used convert this into clarified butter(ghee).