Sri Durga Cold Pressed (Marachekku) Coconut Oil 1Ltr

A Thrissur friend's mother pouring coconut oil over the avial, straight from the bottle.

• What: Marachekku (wood-pressed) coconut oil
• Pack: 1 litre
• Brand: Sri Durga
• Best for: Avial, thoran, puttu, hair oiling

Coconut oil, also called thengai ennai (Tamil) · velichenna (Malayalam) · kobbari enne (Kannada) · kobbari nune (Telugu) · nariyal tel (Hindi, Punjabi) · khobrel tel (Marathi) · topra tel (Gujarati) · narkel tel (Bengali).

What it is

Marachekku is the old wooden oil press, a heavy wooden pestle turning slowly in a wooden mortar. This coconut oil is cold pressed that way, so it keeps the smell of fresh coconut that refined oil loses entirely.

It tastes clearly of coconut, which is the whole point in Kerala cooking: avial, thoran, erissery, and a spoon over hot puttu. Many families also warm a little for oiling hair before a bath. It turns solid below about 24°C, which in Ireland is most of the year. Choosing between marachekku oils? Coconut for Kerala dishes, gingelly for kuzhambu and podi, groundnut for everyday frying.

Tip: Pour a spoonful over avial or thoran right at the end, off the heat. That is where you taste it.

Goes well with: Pavizham Matta Long Grain Rice, Naga Idiyappam / Kozhukattai Flour, Heera Curry Leaves

Coconut oil.

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