The Healthy Essentials Journal
Cold Pressed Oil & the Rainy Season
The rainy season brings more than cooler temperatures and greener landscapes—it also changes the way traditional cold pressed oils are produced. In this article, we explain how prolonged humidity influences...
Cold Pressed Oil & the Rainy Season
The rainy season brings more than cooler temperatures and greener landscapes—it also changes the way traditional cold pressed oils are produced. In this article, we explain how prolonged humidity influences...
The Oil That Makes Puliyogare, Puliyogare
There are some smells that belong to specific places. For many South Indians, the aroma of sesame oil heating in a kadai is one of them. A journey through puliyogare,...
The Oil That Makes Puliyogare, Puliyogare
There are some smells that belong to specific places. For many South Indians, the aroma of sesame oil heating in a kadai is one of them. A journey through puliyogare,...
The Pakora Party Nobody Plans
There is a specific kind of rainy afternoon that every Indian knows — the kind that ends in pakoras. A look at what makes a good batch, and why the...
The Pakora Party Nobody Plans
There is a specific kind of rainy afternoon that every Indian knows — the kind that ends in pakoras. A look at what makes a good batch, and why the...
Wood-Pressed, Cold-Pressed, Refined — What Thes...
A buyer's guide to oil labels — what kachi ghani, wood-pressed, cold-pressed, and refined actually mean, and how to spot the real thing on a shelf.
Wood-Pressed, Cold-Pressed, Refined — What Thes...
A buyer's guide to oil labels — what kachi ghani, wood-pressed, cold-pressed, and refined actually mean, and how to spot the real thing on a shelf.
Ubtan — The 5,000-Year-Old Indian Skin Scrub, D...
What ubtan actually is, what it does (and doesn't) do for skin, a defensible basic recipe, and the common mistakes that ruin it.
Ubtan — The 5,000-Year-Old Indian Skin Scrub, D...
What ubtan actually is, what it does (and doesn't) do for skin, a defensible basic recipe, and the common mistakes that ruin it.
How India’s Relationship With Cooking Oils Chan...
India’s cooking oil habits have shifted from regional, local presses to industrial refining — and now back toward traditional methods again.
How India’s Relationship With Cooking Oils Chan...
India’s cooking oil habits have shifted from regional, local presses to industrial refining — and now back toward traditional methods again.