Sunflower Oil

Poddu Tirugudu Nune · పొద్దుతిరుగుడు నూనె

Sunflower seed pressed cool on the wooden ganuga — the same oil your kitchen already uses, except nothing was done to it afterwards.

What makes it different

Sunflower is the most refined oil in India. The commodity version is solvent-extracted, bleached and deodorised until it is colourless and odourless. Ours is golden, faintly nutty, and slightly cloudy, because that is what sunflower oil looks like before a factory finishes with it.

Why it matters

• No hexane, no bleaching, no deodorising
• One of the richest natural sources of vitamin E among common cooking oils
• High in linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid
• Golden colour and faint aroma — the refined version has neither, by design
• Pressed in batches of about [5 litres],not thousands.

Best for: Everyday cooking, shallow frying, sautéing, baking. Keep to low and medium heat; like all unrefined oils it is not suited to repeated high-temperature deep frying.

Shelf life: 6 months from the pressing date. Store in a dark, cool cupboard away from the stove.