Do you prefer cooking with coconut oil

@prashu228 (37526)
India
November 23, 2017 9:06am CST
Hello friends.. I heard about some health benefits of coconut oil. But really don't know about the facts. I personally don't like dishes cooked using coconut oil (no offense meant.. everyone has their taste) . I use vegetable oil for cooking and sometimes rice bran oil to. What do you think? Which oil is healthy to use?
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
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23 Nov 17
I try to avoid cooking with oil, but when I do I prefer coconut oil. Extra virgin olive oil is healthy but I'd rather not cook with it.
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prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
Ohh.. good to know about the extra virgin oil..
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louievill
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
Oils lose some of their health benefits when heated and some may form harmful compounds but that is not to say I do not like or eat fried foods. That's the reason virgin oil like olive or coconut is pressed not heat treated so they are healthier.
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louievill
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
@prashu228 that's the reason why fried foods are considered bad most of the time.
prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
I see. So oils should not be heated. But that's not possible with fried foods.
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simplyme
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
23 Nov 17
Nope! I always use Olive Oil for cooking and salad dressings
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Nov 17
For salads walnut and hazelnut oils are tasty. They cannot be used to cook.
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simplyme
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
23 Nov 17
@topffer Oh I`ll try that one. Thanks for suggesting
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prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
Yes i heard oilve oil is good but that doesn't go with Indian cooking
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Nov 17
I have tried many oils but never coconut oil. I cook mainly with olive oil. For things like French fries needing to be fried I use sunflower or corn oil. For salads my preferred is hazelnut oil.
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prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
Sunflower oil is easily available here, but corn and hazelnut oils are not available ..or i should check
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
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23 Nov 17
Is it true that it is best not to use live oil for heavy frying? I read that somewhere - after I fried dumplings with it and I became nauseous.
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 17
i use olive oil. Hardly see any coconut oil in the supermarket
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prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
Can we use olive oil to cook Indian Curries? I have this doubt from long back
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
25 Nov 17
@prashu228 I do use olive oil to cook indian curries, just a little will do
eli
@pitsipeahie (4278)
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23 Nov 17
We use either palm oil, canola oil or olive oil for cooking. I once tried using virgin coconut oil as a skin moisturizer though.
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prashu
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
23 Nov 17
Yes coconut oil is good moisturizer
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youless
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Nov 17
Here we don't have the coconut oil. The common oils for cooking are peanut oil, corn oil, sunflower seeds oil, tea seeds oil, olive oil and so on. At my home, we usually use peanut oil. I use the olive oil when I make a pizza.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Nov 17
I would use this oil on my skin but not in my cooking unless a recipe called for it. We use either olive oil or corn oil.
Rubeena Bashir Kunju
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
24 Nov 17
Coconut oil is healthy for cooking, but I only use it while making fish curry, fish fry, and to saute some vegetables like lady's finger, potatoes, brinjals etc. I don't use it to make all vegetables.For the rest ,I use sunflower oil.