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vanaspati noun[ U ] uk /vəˈnæs.pə.ti/ us /vəˈnɑː.spə.t̬i/ a type of hard vegetable fat used instead of butter in South Asian cooking: Vanaspati can be used as a cheap alternative for butter in many recipes. Add the vanaspati to the flour and mix until it becomes crumbly. The company has now grown to be the biggest producer of vanaspati in India. Because it is simply hydrogenated vegetable oil, vanaspati lends itself well to deep frying. Vanaspati is very similar to ghee and they can be used interchangeably. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fats & oils in food & cooking argan oil bergamot beurre noisette brown butter butter corn oil cottonseed oil creamed coconut deep fat drawn butter lard leaf lard margarine milk fat non-greasy trans fat unbuttered unsaturated vegetable oil virgin |