The Healthy Essentials Journal

Cold Pressed Oil & the Rainy Season

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

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,...

a Bright Modern indian kitchen with 3 indian women and 2 indian men, cutting veggies like potato, Onion, Bottle Gourd, Chillies. Oil in a Kadhai or pan on the stove ready to fry. All getting ready to fry pakora's

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 These Words Actually Mean

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, Decoded

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 Changed Over Time

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.