Groundnut oil is one of the most widely used cooking oils in Indian kitchens — but most households don’t realise […]

Long before industrial refineries and chemical solvents, Indian households got their cooking oil from a “ghani” — a wooden or

Adulterated cooking oil is a real and persistent problem — oils diluted with cheaper substitutes, mislabeled as “pure” or “cold-pressed”

Indian kitchens use more than one cooking oil — and for good reason. Different regions, different dishes, and different cooking

Walk down any supermarket aisle and you’ll see dozens of cooking oil bottles some labeled “refined,” others “cold-pressed” or “wood-pressed.”