Oils & Ghee articles from COWBERRY

Cold pressed oil benefits, one by one: what survives pressing, why the calories do not move, the side effects, how much oil a day and the recipes that let the oil lead.

Refined oil vs mustard oil: how refining and cold pressing differ, mustard oil's full fat profile including erucic acid, energy per spoon, taste and cooking, and which oil fits which dish.

Mustard oil omega 3 per 100 g: 5.9 g of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) beside 15.3 g of linoleic acid, an omega 6 to omega 3 ratio of about 2.6 to 1, 884 kcal, 11.6 g of saturates and 59.2 g of monounsaturates, with per-spoon figures.

Which cooking oils are low cholesterol oils, the saturated fat numbers behind the choice, how mustard and groundnut oil compare, and how much oil a day the guidelines allow.

What kachi ghani means, how it relates to cold pressed and wood pressed labels, and the facts on cold-pressed mustard and groundnut oil, from the ICMR-NIN guidelines and USDA figures.

Can we use ghee instead of butter? Yes: on roti and toast, in tadka, pan cooking and baking. Ghee is almost all fat, so use a little less. Per-spoon calories, the swap rules and what changes in each use.

How to store ghee: a dry glass or steel jar with a tight lid, on a cool dark shelf away from the stove and out of sunlight, served only with a dry spoon. How long ghee keeps, why it turns white or grainy in the cold, and the signs a jar has gone off.

What A2 Gir cow ghee means, and how ghee is sorted by animal, method, breed and name: cow and buffalo, bilona, cream and industrial, desi ghee and vanaspati, with nutrition per 100 g and which type fits which use.

How to make desi ghee from butter: melt 500 g of butter in a heavy pan, simmer until the water boils off, the foam falls and the milk solids turn golden-brown, then strain into a dry jar. Foam, colour and smell cues, timings and mistakes.

How to make A2 ghee at home the bilona way: set A2 milk into curd overnight, churn it to butter, wash the butter and slow-heat it to clear golden ghee, then strain. Timings, the yield question, mistakes and the cues that the ghee is done.

Desi ghee how to eat it: measured teaspoons on hot roti, in dal, khichdi and rice, in warm water, tea or milk, with the ICMR-NIN day of 1 to 2 teaspoons, the full time-and-quantity table and the mistakes to skip.

Is refined oil good for health? What refining removes and what it adds, why the fatty acids and calories stay, the side effects, how much oil a day and the dishes a neutral bottle suits.