Do you use coconut cooking oil in your cooking?
By A loves B
@A_loves_B (1608)
Indonesia
December 1, 2017 4:00am CST
Cooking with coconut oil is similar with cooking with olive oil. But in my place, coconut oil is more common to use in cooking than other kinds of cooking oil. We use coconut oil for deep frying, sautéing, baking, roasting, and even to be mixed with food.
What kind of cooking oil do you usually use for cooking? Do you use coconut coconut oil?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
1 Dec 17
We do not use coconut oil in cooking, as it has peculiar smell. Although, it is one of best oils for cooking. We use clarified butter called Desi Ghee in Hindi and groundnut refined oil to cook.
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
The coconut oil does have peculiar smell, but we like its smell and taste in our cooking. I've never tasted nor seen such butter you've mentioned. 
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
1 Dec 17
@A_loves_B The one who likes smell of the coconut oil could easily use it in cooking. No doubt about it.
I can understand that you might have not heard or used clarified butter. Do you sometimes use butter for cooking?
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
@dpk262006 Yes, I do, but not often. I use butter for cooking fried rice. In my place, people usually use butter for baking cake or cookies. 
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
1 Dec 17
@A_loves_B here it is just slightly priced over the coconut oil
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
I like olive oil, but it's not popular here as it is expensive.
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@CelticSoulSister (1640)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
1 Dec 17
I use it sometimes if I'm making Asian food.
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@CelticSoulSister (1640)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
1 Dec 17
@A_loves_B Hello - usually I'll use ground nut oil as I find it doesn't run the risk of, when over-heating, burning and smoking like many other oils plus it has a bland flavour. However, I do love Asian dishes cooked with coconut oil.
@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Yes, lots of asian food use coconut oil. What cooking oil do you usually use in cooking?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
We are not using coconut oil now in cooking but mostly as medicinal oul for skin, hair and even bruises and wounds.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
Usually it ismixed with some local herbal plants
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
For medicinal purpose, I only know that coconut oil is good for hair. How do you use coconut oil for wounds? Do you mix the oil with something like honey or lemon..?
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@pitsipeahie (5015)
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1 Dec 17
We don't use coconut oil for cooking. Our oil is either canola or palm. We also use olive oil mostly on pastas or salad.
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Canola is not common in my place as it's rather expensive. i think only few people can afford it.
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Yes, I think so. Coconut oil is believed to have 101 uses, namely for for food uses, natural medicine, skin and body care, and household. That's what I've read from an article.
@Shavkat (139694)
• Philippines
3 Dec 17
@A_loves_B Yes, I am a Filipino. I had my medical mission there before. It was a great adventure.
@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Tajikistan? What were you doing there? I guess you are Filipino.
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing the valuable information about olive. I like olive oil, but sadly it's very expensive.
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
1 Dec 17
Oh.. This is richly used in the Kerala State of India. Most of their items are made o Coconut/Oil only. ..There it will be available with cent percent purity.
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
I think mostly Asian people use coconut cooking oil as it's the cheapest one.
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
2 Mar 18
Yes, we use coconut oil at home for preparing some food items like fish curry,fish fry, we use coconut oil to saute vegetables. We use daily coconut and coconut oil for cooking. It gives a good taste to the food.
@RoyaIPRINCE (157)
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1 Dec 17
Here we use sunflower oil..
Mustard oil and coconut oil
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
2 Dec 17
We don't have sunflower or mustard oil here.
I want to learn cooking from you 
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@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 17
Yes, that's it. Coconut oil is the cheapest one. I don't have idea of what Dalda is.
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