A jar of Sonagir A2 Gir cow ghee with a gold lid

A2 Gir Cow · Bilona Ghee

Liquid gold,churned by hand.

Sealed the day it's churned

Opened
by you first.

Ingredients

Ghee.
That's the list.

Look closer.

Every grain is the slow kind.

Now, warm it.

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Warm it gently

And it becomes
liquid gold.

Move across it. Touch it. It's the closest we can get you to the kadhai.

Twenty-eight litres of Gir cow milk. One night for the curd to set. A thousand turns of the wooden churn. One slow fire, watched by ear. One litre of Sonagir.

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A red-brown Gir cow with curved horns standing in a dry pasture

01 · The cow

Only the Gir.
Only Saurashtra.

One of India's oldest native breeds, from the forests of Gujarat. Her milk carries the A2 beta-casein protein. Our partner goshalas let the herd graze free — and the calves drink first.

100%
pure Gir herd
A2
tested at the herd
28 L
milk per litre

02 · The craft

Four steps.
No shortcuts.

  1. I

    Boil

    Fresh whole milk, brought up slowly, cooled gently.

  2. II

    Set

    Turned to curd overnight in clay pots.

  3. III

    Churn

    The bilona — wood, rope and two hands — until the makkhan rises.

  4. IV

    Clarify

    Low flame in brass, until it goes quiet and clear.

Most ghee skips the curd and churns cream by machine. It's faster. It isn't this.

19th-century Kalighat painting of Yashoda churning butter while young Krishna reaches for it
Yashoda churning butter · Kalighat, 19th c. · Cleveland Museum of Art

03 · The recipe

Five thousand years old.
We didn't improve it.

Ghee from the bilona is as old as the stories of the butter thief who loved it. We changed one thing: now you can check it.

04 · The proof

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Every lid carries a batch code. Enter it to see when it was churned, where, and what the lab found.

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05 · The jar

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Good to know.

What does "A2" mean?

Milk contains beta-casein protein in two common forms, A1 and A2. Native Indian breeds like the Gir produce milk with the A2 form. We test our partner herds and keep the certificate on file.

Why does bilona ghee cost more?

Ghee made from curd instead of cream needs roughly 25–30 litres of milk per litre, and the churning is done by hand. Slower, smaller, costlier — and you can taste it.

Mine is grainy / solid / liquid. Is that normal?

Yes. Good ghee sets into a grainy (danedar) texture and changes with the room — liquid in summer, solid in winter. Neither affects quality.

How long does it keep?

About 12 months sealed. Once open, use a dry spoon and keep it closed — no fridge needed.

Do you ship outside India?

Not yet. UAE, UK and US are next — leave your email below and we'll tell you first.