how many grams in a tablespoon of ghee?

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• How many tablespoons of ghee do I need for a typical tadka?
  Most home tadkas use 1 to 2 tablespoons — about 11 to 22 g — depending on how many servings of dal or sabzi you're finishing. One tablespoon is enough to bloom a teaspoon of cumin and a few curry leaves for a pot serving four; bump to two if you're adding garlic, dried chilies, and asafoetida and want the aromatics fully submerged while they sizzle.
• Is a tablespoon of ghee interchangeable with a tablespoon of butter for sautéing?
  By volume yes, but ghee gives you a higher smoke point — around 250 C versus butter's 175 C — because the milk solids that scorch in butter are already gone. A tablespoon of ghee in a hot pan will sear paneer or shallow-fry puris without the black flecks butter throws off. The trade-off is you lose the creamy dairy notes butter contributes; ghee tastes nuttier and more roasted.
• How much ghee goes into a single dosa or paratha?
  Plan on roughly half a tablespoon to a full tablespoon — 5 to 11 g — drizzled around the edges and across the surface as it cooks. Ghee dosas use closer to a full tablespoon per crepe to get that lacquered, crisp finish; everyday plain dosas need only a teaspoon's worth. For parathas, brush both sides with about a tablespoon total during the layered roll-and-fold.

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