What type of oil do you use for cooking?

As durga said here,i use sun flower oil in my daily cooking. as she told , many indians(including me) use sunflower oil. other preferences in india are seseme oil ,groundnut oil,mustard oil,corn oil ,palm oil,coconut oil etc . one or two times i used olive oil. its taste is also good as sunflower oil. i use sunflower oil in daily vegetable curries etc. in chutney recipes i use groundnut oil or seseme oil. i didnt use canola oil upto now,as they are little expense like olive oil,in my country.i will give it(canola oil) a chance to add in my recipes from now. we indians also use ghee(clarified butter) in some indian recipes. in preparing biryani recipes,i use ghee and in daily meals we add ghee when eating any vegetable curry with rice . i use butter in cakes and cookies only.

In India, majority of them use refined sunflower oil, or groundnut oil, or mustard oil , or coconut oil or sesame oil. very few use olive oil for cooking. and more over our recipes tastes best when cooked in native oil. due to health consciousness and marketing strategies olive oil is into the market. I have not tasted food cooked in that, and its very expensive too. Many natives say rice bran oil is the best, haha...... we get palm oil too, it used to be the chosen one, but now people use only refined sunflower oil. what ever the oil,restricted usage is advised.

We also use the same kind of oil that you are using. Have not tried canola oil yet. But before, I just use any kind of oil, usually the edible oil. But its not really good for health. Fats in oil can certainly affect our heart. In fact as much as possible, we should fry food less often. But they do taste great, so sometimes I indulge.

It depends what I am cooking and what I am trying to achieve when I am cooking. I would say about 90% of the time I use olive oil when I cook. If I am trying to fry something though I will use regular vegetable oil. I try to keep my cooking very healthy though so olive oil is best. I don't use it to make salad dressings though because it does not taste very good mixed with vinegar, for that I use vegetable oil.

We have been using canola oil for several years now. They say it's just as good as olive oil but not as expensive. Sometimes I put a little sesame seed oil on my stir-fries and noodles just to add a little flavor. I have yet to use olive oil at home, though. Just like the other responders, olive oil is also expensive in my country. So I hesitate to buy it. But maybe one of these days I will. Cheers!

I'm using canola oil for cooking. Sometimes if needed I use olive oil but for our everyday use it's canola oil. I started using using canola oil 3 years ago.

i use what ever i buy and i buy whatever is cheapest generally.

For special food, I will use olive oil but for a normal cook, I prefer to use corn oil since they said that it's healthier than other kind of oil that I can find in the supermarket here.

Yes I prefer canola oil for all cooking purposes. But sometimes I can't even afford to buy a bottle....so my only option then is the common vegetable oil which i believe is made of palm . or palm oil. it's cheap, it's okay, it's not as unhealthy as lard, but yeah, i still would want to use canola (which is healthier) as much as possible

Mostly, I use olive oil. In certain recipes I add a little butter. I use vegetable oil in some recipes, especially stir fried rice or vegetables. If I have any other oils in the house, I'd use them either out of need, or if a recipe called specifically for them.

Olive oil. It is simply the best, and probably the healthiest too.

Thank You For Your Inquiry!!! The type of oil we used for cooking in our home is vegetable oil...this is really good oil...also we used the common oil when we have run-out of vegetable oil...so it is different...it depends on the situation...

I use different oils for different dishes. I like using olive oil for italian dishes and salads and breads. I use vegetable oil for soups, vegetables and some local dishes. I've tried canola and corn oil... but I usually use those for deep frying. By the way, my secret to well-cooked eggs is no "oil", just salted butter.

I use Vegitable oil. I was using Olive oil but it cost alot vegitable oil is just as good. No oil is totally healthy but vegitable and olive are the best in my opinion.

I try to use olive oil since that is the best for you but I will use just about any oil that is available for my general cooking and nutrional neess. I think canola oil is pretty good for you as well.

I use whatever is appropriate for the recipe and the one that is available in my pantry is what I use most of the time.

I use palm oil. It's cheap, easily available and from a report that I watch on TV, it's considered healthy too. If I don't use that, there's coconut oil around here. Olive oil only sell in supermarket and can be pretty expensive, even for a small bottle. The same goes for corn oil.