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...Kenya's Indian community. It's a wealthy society, Jackson explains, where "many women don't work, and have servants and fantastic local produce - so what develops is a luxury cuisine based on time and money." Co-author Chauhan, himself a Kenyan-born Indian, has substituted olive oil for ghee, reflecting modern health concerns. The result is a compendium of dishes that will have the home chef salivating. Prawns are slow-cooked with fenugreek, Mombasa-style; there's a decadent (but narcotic-free) dish called Opium Eggs; and pork is prepared with tamarind, chili and red wine. Conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's All the Raj | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

Back on the banks of the burning ghat, the funeral party prepares to light the pyre. The shroud has been pushed back from the corpse's face so he can look upon Rama, the sun. The eldest son circles the body once and sprinkles it with ghee, or clarified butter. Finally, hands trembling, he sets the dry wood alight, using live coals brought from his household's devotional fire. As the flames engulf the corpse, the adolescent turns away and covers his face with his hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On the Holy Ganges | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

...drunk ghee? or bathed in it? did u like...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

...Someone is blasting Billy Ray Cyrus into the courtyard. Let me regain my bearings. Hmmm, ghee? I don't know what you're talking about. Let me check Webster's. ghee: n. 1. A buttery milk concoction popular in Indian households 2. The sound one makes when they accidentally turn on the shower tap to hot, scalding water, i.e. "Gheeeeeeeee!" I'm assuming you're talking about the second one, Moop. And no, I'm too smart to do something like that...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

...WHAT?: "ooh-saw-ghee...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Favorite Jello Flavors At the Pfoho Dining Hall | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

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