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.
What does 'kachi ghani' actually mean?
The phrase is on half the mustard oil bottles in India, including — obviously — ours: it is our name. But ask ten shoppers what “kachi ghani” actually means and you will get ten versions of “something traditional?”. Since we named the...
Read the storyMyth vs fact: does cold pressed oil go bad too fast?
“I’d love to switch, but doesn’t cold pressed oil spoil quickly?” We hear this weekly, and the fear is understandable: our bottles say 4–6...
Read the storyMyth vs fact: is there one best oil for everything?
Every few months a new listicle crowns a new champion — “the one oil you should be cooking everything in” — and every few...
Read the storyIs jaggery just sugar? An honest answer
We sell jaggery, so you might expect this article to tell you it is something magical. It is not going to. The internet has...
Read the storyMyth vs fact: does hot food destroy everything good in cold pressed oil?
A question lands in our inbox every week, phrased a dozen ways: if the oil is going into a hot kadhai anyway, doesn't the...
Read the storyMustard oil and the 'banned in America' story — what it actually means
Every few months the forward goes around again: mustard oil is banned in America. One camp reads it as proof that something is wrong...
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