Native Food Store Cold Pressed (Marachekku) Oil 1Ltr - Gingelly (Sesame)

The chekku at the edge of town, a bullock walking circles, oil trickling into a tin.

• What: Gingelly (sesame) oil, cold pressed in a marachekku
• Pack: 1 litre bottle
• Brand: Native Food Store, Chennai
• Best for: Kuzhambu, pickles, podi, dosa tawa
• Contains: Sesame

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

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. Traditional marachekku oils sit alongside the millets on its shelves.

Marachekku is the wooden press, and cold pressing it slowly keeps the strong, slightly bitter sesame taste that Tamil cooking leans on. It is the oil for ennai kathirikai, puli kuzhambu and a jar of lemon pickle. Choosing between gingelly oils? Native Food Store or Nala Maharaja for marachekku taste; Idhayam for the lighter, familiar everyday bottle.

Tip: Pickles keep better when the top is sealed with a layer of this oil. Top it up as the jar empties.

Goes well with: Grand Sweets Kara Kozhambu, Suswaad Idli Chilli Powder (Garlic), 777 Mango Ginger Pickle

Sesame oil

• Sesame

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