Vegetable oils are made of unsaturated fatty acids whereas vegetable ghee is made up of saturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids are considered to be harmful to our health. Hence vegetable oil is healthy.
Vegetable oils are converted into vegetable ghee by adding hydrogen in the presence of catalysts palladium (Pd) or nickel (Ni).
The process involved in this is addition reaction (hydrogenation). It is defined as the addition of hydrogen atoms in carbon atoms of an organic compound.
