Nala Maharaja Wood Pressed Sesame Oil - 1 litre

The Saturday oil bath, hair dripping, and the smell of nallennai in every room.

• What: Gingelly (sesame) oil, wood pressed
• Pack: 1 litre bottle
• Brand: Nala Maharaja
• Best for: Kuzhambu, podi, pickles, tempering

Sesame, also called nallennai (Tamil) · nallenna (Malayalam) · ellenne (Kannada) · nuvvula nune (Telugu) · til ka tel (Hindi) · teelache tel (Marathi) · tal nu tel (Gujarati) · til da tel (Punjabi) · tiler tel (Bengali).

What it is

Wood pressed means the seeds are crushed slowly in a chekku, the wooden press that stood in every Tamil town before the big refineries came. The oil comes out darker and smells strongly of sesame, which is exactly the point.

This is the oil you taste in a puli kuzhambu, a jar of mango pickle, or a spoon of podi on hot idli. It is thicker and nuttier than a refined bottle. Choosing between gingelly oils? Nala Maharaja and Native Food Store for the wood-pressed, stronger taste; Idhayam for the familiar everyday gingelly.

Tip: Add it at the end too. A teaspoon over vathal kuzhambu just before serving lifts the whole pot.

Goes well with: Annapoorna Nellai Vathal Kulambu Masala, Sri Durga Sundaikai Vathal, 777 Dhall Rice Powder

• Sesame

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