It is traditionally fried in clarified butter. It was described as a thick pudding of dates cooked with clarified butter (samn). It is coarsely ground wheat crushed and cooked with ghee clarified butter and sugar. Harees may be garnished with cinnamon, sugar, and clarified butter. This butterfat is the clarified butter. Milk is also the prerequisite ingredient for butter and Ghee (clarified butter). A particular local delicacy is the jalebis, which are fried in pure ghee (clarified butter). Clarified butter was used principally for cooking and frying. Indian sailors, consumers of clarified butter and sugar, carried sugar by various trade routes. The eye would later be soaked with warm clarified butter and then bandaged. Other ingredients include coconut and ghee (clarified butter from cow milk). Cretors's machine popped corn in a mixture of one-third clarified butter, two-thirds lard, and salt. Lobster meat may be dipped in clarified butter, resulting in a heightened flavor. Some restaurants use clarified butter in place of olive oil. Clarified butter also has a much longer shelf life than fresh butter.