Mustard oil has been used as a cooking medium over the centuries in Indian cuisines. Mustard oil can be procured by different processes. But what is important is to ensure that you are using pure mustard oil in your diet.
Check Out The Aroma
This is one of the basic tricks to judge, if your mustard oil is pure or not. Rub a few drops of oil on the back of your palm and take the aroma. If the smell is not that pungent, then be assured that the oil you are using is diluted. Although this won’t affect your health but surely the taste of your dish will not be same for sure.
If it has a strange smell, then it might happen that the oil you are using is adulterated with other cheaper oils like cotton seed oil, which is not fit for consumption.
Know The Color
Mustard oil usually has a dark golden brown color. If it has a lighter shade, then chances are there that your edible oil is not pure.
Check Out the Quality
The mustard oil can be considered as pure if it does not freeze. If it solidifies, then you can be sure that some other vegetable or animal fat has been used in making the particular oil
Perfect Preservative
We can find the use of mustard oil as a preservative even in the days of Rmayana too. During that time, dead bodies were said to be preserved by soaking it in the oil.
We do not know much about the fact though, but mustard oil is believed to have this beneficiary quality of preserving things. You can surely find it in pickles. While preparing pickles, hot mustard oil is used and the oil ensures that the vegetable or fruit remains unaltered. If it does not happen and the item rots, then surely the oil is not pure.
This nutty flavored oil is distinguished for its rich taste and flavor. So, nest time you go out to shop mustard oil, check if it is pure or not. As Kachi Ghani Mustard oil which is Grade 1 like Saloni Mustard oil, can only ensure the best quality every time.