Sesamum indicum · pressed at Rain-fed plots, Karnataka
Sesame Oil
तिळ तेल
White sesame pressed gently to a warm amber. Not the dark toasted oil of East Asia — this is the til oil of a South Indian kitchen, cold pressed and unrefined.
Rain-fed plots to your kitchen.
- Village
- Rain-fed plots
- District
- Kalaburagi
- State
- Karnataka
- Harvest
- September – November
Intercropped with tur dal, the way it has always been done here.
Sesame is the seed the ghani was invented for. The Sanskrit word for oil, taila, comes from tila — sesame. Every wooden press in India can trace its geometry back to this seed.
The seeds are winnowed, washed, and shade-dried — never sun-dried, which would flatten the aroma. They press cool at thirty-nine degrees.
The oil is naturally protected. Sesamol and sesamin, two compounds the seed makes for itself, keep it stable far longer than its polyunsaturated content suggests. No antioxidant is added, because the seed brought its own.
- Free fatty acid
- 0.24%
- Moisture
- 0.05%
- Smoke point
- 177°C
- Oil from the seed
- 41%
What is inside
That is the whole list. No antioxidant, no anti-foaming agent, no added vitamin, no flavouring, no colour.
Goes well with
How to use it
No one has written about this oil yet. We opened in 2025 and we would rather show you an empty page than someone else’s words — if you cook with it, tell us and we will put it here.
