Native Food Store Castor Oil 100ml

Friday evening, the lamp lit on vilakkennai, the thick oil climbing the wick slowly.

• What: Castor oil (vilakkennai)
• Size: 100 ml bottle
• Made from: Castor seeds
• Best for: Lamps, traditional hair oiling, household use

What it is

Native Food Store was started in Chennai in 2016 by P. Vishnukumar, an engineer by training, as a one-stop shop for millets and millet-based products. Castor oil is known in Tamil homes as vilakkennai, literally lamp oil, because that is where a lot of it went.

It is pale, very thick and slow to pour, much heavier than gingelly or coconut oil. Many families still warm a little and work it into the scalp before a head bath, and some light the pooja lamp with it. The listing sells it for household and external use. Choosing between Native Food Store oils? Castor for lamps and hair oiling; neem oil for its strong, bitter smell; eucalyptus oil for a few drops in a diffuser.

Tip: It is thick enough to be messy. Stand the bottle in a small saucer so drips do not stain the shelf.

Goes well with: Deepam Vilaku Thiri (Thread Wicks), Lotus Stem Wicks (Thamarai Thantu Thiri), Native Food Store Neem Oil

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