What is your cooking oil?

Thank you Sara for your first feedback.
I like the Sundrop ad.(the older one). Now they have modified the ad with little changes.

Thank you Reshmi.
We have used coconut oil for more than 15 years. Later we changed to sunflower oil. Coconut oil consists of more than ninety percent of saturated fats, with traces of few unsaturated fatty acids, such as monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Thank you Aparna.
Mustard oil? Does it taste goods?

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Thank you Alpa for your feedback.
Olive oil is used in Italian cuisine and also for salad dressings.

Thank you Cindhuja, Brinda, Shreya for your feedbacks.

I have been using Olive oil for my cooking for the past 5 years. The brand I use is called Figaro Light Olive Oil and does not leave an aftertaste in the food like normal olive oil does. For deep frying, I use sunflower oil called Noor Frylite which is transfat free and is ideal for frying. I stock Idhayam Gingelly Oil too which I use not for cooking but for mixing with mulagai podi and paruppu podi saadham (yummmmyyyyyyy!!!!!!). For party food and special food, there is always butter and ghee to be used in cooking. When I was just married, I used to use coconut oil for making avial and sambhar but now I have completely stopped using coconut oil in the house after reading about it being unhealthy and loaded with cholesterol increasing ingredients.

Let me share my part.
We used coconut oil nearly for 15 years. When My father got diabetes, Doctor advised us to change the oil. so changed to sunflower oil.
We use Gold winner sunflower oil for cooking. And Idhayam Gingelly oil only for dosas, pickles. And Coconut oil only for frying fishes.

Originally Posted by shreyashreyas

I am using Gingerly oil (Idayam). I dont know if there are any sideeffects because of this. But my parents said it is good for health so i started.

Hi Sandhya,

Don't worry about side effects of gingelly oil. My BIL who is a doctor, tells me that gingelly oil is one of the most healthiest oils to us next to olive oil. It has one of the highest levels of some fatty acid which produces the good cholesterol in the body called HDL. So next time you use gingelly oil in your food, say 3 cheers