Vegan substitute for ghee or butter?

I thought this looked like an interesting substitute
https://www.veganfirst.com/recipe/desi-ghee-without-milk-wow
We generally use olive oil and occasionally coconut oil.. But this seems like a cool way to get the flavor right for ghee

It's safe to say there will be NO eating, or food, in Heaven. Do you expect a potluck dinner or a buffet? Good grief.

Earth Balance. It is sold in sticks and tubs. I bake all the time and have to use this for my son. Nobody can taste the difference between this and butter.

All the meditation/zen/ higher consciousness stuff... Chill out people. Remember this is a food site...

I became a vegan because of being in the military and having several health issues and I want to prepare my body from the inside out and plus realizing that in heaven there will be no meat eating, if you believe there will be no more death

@DebJT

That quote is from a comment on this site, isitvegan.com. I wouldn't quote a comment as fact. Especially when the original content says ghee is NOT vegan.

http://www.isitvegan.com/2011/12/18/is-ghee-vegan/

"Properly made ghee IS vegan-it goes thru a complete transformation when cooked CORRECTLY & loses all link to its dairy origins..this is why ghee candles burn in the greatest temples in India. Properly made ghee has lost all link with ‘liquid butter, or ‘clarified butter’; biochemically it is absolutely different." That being said, it still starts off as a dairy product, from a cow.

You can make Vegan Ghee by mixing Olive Oil, Edible Almond Oil, Sesame Oil and Coconut oil (50% Extra Virgin Olive Oil + 20% Almond Oil + 20% Coconut Oil + 10% Sesame Oil). It tastes amazing. For Vegan Butter, Mix cashew cream with Coconut and olive oil along with half teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar. Thanks

Unrelated but my vegan brother tried telling me ghee is vegan. No amount of explaining would convince him

Coconut oil! I've quit all other types, used to use olive oil but have found out that the US is a dumping ground for all kinds of fake oils so I am only using Coconut oil unless I can be positively sure it's grass feed beef. I have gone many to a Ketogenic diet and feel so much better.

I think it depends on the recipe. I find coconut oil is a good substitute, sometimes I use olive oil or grape seed oil. My preferred butter sub is a vegan butter called Miyoko's it looks closer to ghee but I'll warn it's expensive. It is made from coconut and other vegetable oils. But it cooks more like butter than the oils. Do not put it in your butter crock you keep on your counter, it's best in the fridge.

Hi, Looks like you asked this question 4 years ago, but it still came up on top in google when I searched for vegan ghee. So perhaps, someone will find this useful... I'm a south indian recently turned vegan. For many of our recipes that needs ghee - like pongal, I use coconut oil and see no difference. There are still some south indian sweets recipes that need ghee and I was searching for ideas for substitute when I came to this link. But coconut yogurt for yogurt based dishes and coconut oil are great substitutes.

You will find a lot here http://bigelitehealth.com/

Coconut oil or mustard oil.

Could Coconut Oil a good option? it has almost same level of saturated fat as Ghee may be. It solidifies as ghee as well. Not sure about the taste tho'. Trader Joe's has organic coconut oil which seems good buy.

Have you found good new vegan recipes and tastes? In first year or two when I was vegetarian, I found I was eating my previouss diet with meat products removed. Only after that did I begin to makevveg food from scratch in concept as well as ingredients. The tastes will not be the same as the old food, but different. And hopefully to your liking.

yeah....first you have to know.....u too came from animal body....so why do u need vegan food when u yourself came from flesh and blood....please transformation comes from inside....since we have animal instinct we need to transform our self to higher being or higher consciousness...that is why we have meditation...yoga these are tools to explore within ur self who are you?....than you will know that you are just an animal like others....knowing that resentment comes and so do ego...therefore ego is just an illusion u make inside your mind to show others that you r not an animal and so. but the real transformation comes when you will see that you are an animal and you accept that instead of resenting it...so what will happen..u will have an urge to surrender your animal instinct and as your meditation improves so is your ability to surrender. this is real transformation......it doesn't matter whether u r vegan or whatever outside....the change has to come from inside....so ghee is an example of that transformation....yeah it has came from a cow.....but it has transformed into the higher state...i would say that ghee won't carry any emotions neither ego or any animal instinct. it has transformed from animal to absolute purity....
let there be peace.........

Before using ghee on a regular basis, I always used plain canola oil whenever cooking Indian food. I agree with HalfPint that it won't provide quite the same flavor. If you're preparing vegan food, however, you'll probably be buying a lot of nuts, so consider using them (especially cashews that you buy raw and then brown over gentle heat in oil, and almonds that you dry roast and then grind up) to enhance your sauces. ;o)

Oil, maybe? Ok, the nutty-ness of the ghee won't be there, but the oil should function the same way. Maybe a good olive.