Healthiest Cooking Oil

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Healthiest Cooking Oil

So is grape seed oil ok for desi cooking?? I honestly thought canola oil was best for desi cooking. :confused:

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Iā€™ve heard that extra virgin olive oil is healthy.

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Some virgins are only technical virgins, some of it is just labelling, the less processed has lower smoke point and you should not cook with it, processed olive oil has higher smoke point and you can cook with it.

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It is quite expensive, it is good for high heat cooking, great for desi cooking. I think one of the reasons we die early is we over heat our oil.

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Hmmmā€¦what about coconut oil though?

MF uses itā€¦what are the benefits of it?

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It is saturated fats, saturated fats are linked to heart disease, lots of lobby groups promote it but personally I will not chance it.

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My DH has been having intense talks over which cooking oil etc to use.

For many years we used olive oil in cooking. Went back to vegetable oil, canola oil has always been a big no. (BTW, rapeseed is a main ingredient used in peanut butter). Use EVOO, and cold pressed for salads etc, and DH drinks one tbsp a day.

He would like me to use avocado oil and or coconut oil for desi and all cooking or even butter and ghee, in moderation of course.

Ugh.. we are not coming to an agreement as what to use. (mad)

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For high heat desi style cooking sunflower oil is supposed to be good. I use canola oil too.

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dalda sunflower oil and extra virgin olive oil

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so no canola oil.

where can i get sunflower oil in usa?

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Used to use sunflower oil, now from last few years we cook with pomace olive oil, I thought it was healthiest.

Deep fry with vegetable oil.

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Olive oil is actually bad at high heats. Itā€™s supposed to be used at low heats and salads. Sunflower oil is easily available at desi grocery stores eve sometimes at regular grocery stores. I use canola too. Itā€™s fine for high heat though not as good as sunflower.

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Sunflower oil Iā€™ve heard is really good in cooking.

I am so confused now duuuuuuuudeā€¦what on earth are we supposed to use???

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Recommendations from the American Heart Association
Healthy Cooking Oils 101

I use canola in cooking and cold pressed EVOO for salads.