The Ghaani Journal
Honest reading on oil, food & wellness
What refining really does, how Ayurveda reads your body, and how to use every oil we press — written plainly, no jargon.
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Is Refined Oil Bad for You? An Honest Answer
Is refined oil bad for health? An oil press answers honestly - what hexane, trans fat and nutrient loss really amount to, and what matters far more.
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How Refined Oil Is Actually Made — Every Step of the Process
Every step of oil refining explained plainly - seed prep, expeller, hexane, degumming, caustic soda, bleaching earth and 250C deodorising. No scare copy.
Read the storyTil Oil, Gingelly Oil, Sesame Oil: One Oil, Many Names
Til oil, gingelly oil and nallennai are one oil - but cold pressed til oil is not dark toasted sesame oil. Which to buy,...
Read the storyCold Pressed Coconut Oil: How It Differs from Virgin, and How to Use It
Cold pressed coconut oil explained - how it differs from virgin, what it does for hair, why it sets solid in winter, and how...
Read the storyWhat Is Mishri? What It Is Made Of, How It Is Made, and What It Is Called in English
What mishri is, what it is made of, how dhaga mishri is grown on cotton thread over 8 to 10 days, what it is...
Read the storyCastor Oil for Hair Growth: What It Does and How to Use It
Castor oil for hair growth, examined honestly - what arandi ka tel actually does to hair, the 1:2 dilution that makes it usable, the...
Read the storyAlmond Oil Benefits for Skin and Hair, Honestly Assessed
Badam oil for face, hair and baby malish - what cold pressed almond oil actually does, what it probably does, and what it does...
Read the storyThe kitchen oil chart: which oil for dal, sabzi, poori, achaar and baking
This is the article we wish we could laminate and stick inside every kitchen cupboard in the country: one chart, dish by dish, saying...
Read the storyDhaga mishri vs regular mishri: what the thread changes
Break open a piece of real dhaga mishri and you will find a cotton thread running through the crystal — the dhaga that gives...
Read the storyBadam rogan: what real almond oil is — and how to pick it
Ask for almond oil in an Indian bazaar and you will hear its older name: badam rogan — rogan being the Persian word for...
Read the storyHow much cooking oil does a family actually need each month?
It is the most practical question in the kitchen and the least answered on the internet: how much oil should the house actually be...
Read the storyWhat 'Cold Pressed' Actually Means — and How to Check the Bottle
Cold pressed means mechanically pressed with no heat applied - but friction heat is not applied heat, and every maker knows it. Six checks...
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