Best Cooking Oils: Coconut Cooking Oil

Monday, August 13, 2012

Coconut Cooking Oil

There has always been a quest among those dedicated housewives for the perfect cooking oil, which is healthy, stable, does not go rancid and at the same time, will be light on pocket. People in the coastal areas of Asia, particularly in Southern India and Philippines, have got the answer to this quite early. For centuries, they have been using coconut oil in cooking and have been reaping its benefits. Usage of coconut oil never bothered nor had adverse effects on the people using it. We have common notion that coconut oil is used only for hair care or skin care and that coconut oil is not cooking oil. However, you will be surprised to know that coconut oil is extensively used in cooking in coastal tropical regions, where coconut is grown in abundance.It was in the sixties and seventies, when some researches tried to prove that saturated fats were dreaded villains and should be avoided as far as possible. This made some turn their faces away from coconut oil. But, once again the usage of coconut oil is gaining popularity as cooking oil