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Copra or fresh coconut? How the two oils are made, how they taste, and which to use for cooking, hair and babies.
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A simple explanation of solvent extraction, bleaching and deodorising – and what it means for the oil in your kitchen.
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Kadalekai enne, mungfali tel, peanut oil – the everyday oil of South and West India, and what makes the unrefined version special.
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The same traditional oil goes by many names across India. Here is what each one means and how to read oil labels.
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The mortar, the pestle and the slow turn – a look inside the traditional wooden ghani and why it makes better oil.
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