What is sesame oil?

Sesame oil, also known as sesame oil, sesame oil and small milled sesame oil, etc., is the maturation of sesame seeds in the liquid condiment obtained after pressing, golden color, attractive flavor, is the only raw and cooked in a variety of animal and plant fats and oils can be eaten, but also all kinds of edible oils in the best.

The Chinese medicine believes that sesame oil is cool and sweet in nature, but the fragrance will all be emitted after long storage.

[Nutritional composition]

Sesame oil containing oleic acid 35%-49.4% containing linoleic acid 37.7%-48.4%, containing arachidonic acid 04%-12%. Contains unsaturated fatty acids up to 60% or more, and these unsaturated fatty acids and lecithin can be dissolved and solidified in the blood vessel wall cholesterol. A large number of vitamin E can prevent the body from producing lipid peroxide, thus maintaining the integrity of cell membranes and normal function, but also to prevent other components of the body by lipid peroxide damage, but also reduce the accumulation of lipids in the body, to soften blood vessels and maintain the elasticity of blood vessels have a good effect. Lecithin in sesame oil, and emollient, dispel spots (mainly for age spots), prevent hair loss and premature gray hair effect.

[Doctor's opinion]

Sesame oil is known as the scavenger of the arteries and blood vessels, is conducive to emolliency, dispel blemishes and improve eyesight, and therefore the most beneficial to the middle-aged and elderly people to slow down the aging process. In addition, the bronchitis, emphysema, postpartum lack of milk, constipation, liver and kidney insufficiency has a better prevention and treatment. Smoking and alcohol

habit of people, often eat some sesame oil can reduce the direct stimulation of tobacco and alcohol on the oral mucosa, teeth, gums. Announcers, teachers, hosts, actors such as hoarseness, vocal fatigue, or chronic laryngitis, drink some sesame oil has the role of restoring the function of the treatment is also beneficial. New research has found that hemp oil on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver disorders and fatty liver also has a good therapeutic effect; can quickly reduce alcohol consumption caused by blood alcohol concentration and urinary acetaldehyde concentration, the liver can also play a protective role.

The Chinese medicine believes that sesame oil has the effect of moisturizing dryness, replenishing fluid, resting the wind, detoxifying and killing insects and eliminating sores and swellings.

Sesame oil will lose flavor due to prolonged storage, so avoid using copper, iron, aluminum and other metal products in the storage process, and can not be installed in plastic pots for a long time, it is best to use dark ceramic jars or glass containers, sealed with a lid, placed in a cool dry place away from light and shade. In order to prevent oxidation after a long period of storage, add a small amount of incense, pepper, cinnamon or vitamin E, these substances have an antioxidant effect. [Conditioning new common sense]

Sesame oil can be used both raw and cooked, can be used to pounce on the cold dishes, but also can be used for burning, stir-frying, braising, deep-frying and so on. The use of the process should pay attention to the following 3 points:

1, every day can be consumed some, the standard to 20-30 grams per person per day is good, not excessive. Consumption of hemp oil can be paired with animal fat, according to the ratio of 1:2 is more appropriate.

2, frying sesame oil can not put too much, so as not to be detrimental to the digestion and absorption and promote bile and pancreatic fluid secretion, and easily induced cholecystitis and pancreatitis.

3, frying frying pan do not burn hot, more should not be repeated high-temperature heating of sesame oil, in order to prevent the oil of vitamin A, vitamin E and other vitamins have been destroyed, and produce polycyclic aromatic substances, including -3, 4 benzene than the high viscosity asphalt-like substances, including. Cooking sesame oil fried food once, can be used again to fry, but should not be used again for fried food.

The market sporadic vendors selling sesame oil, especially small milled sesame oil, from time to time there are adulterated or shoddy phenomenon, in order to prevent shoddy and counterfeit goods against the interests of consumers, you should learn the authenticity of sesame oil to identify the method:

Color: the real sesame oil is reddish in color.

The appearance of the size of the oil flower, thick and thin: you can use chopsticks dipped in some sesame oil drops in a bowl of cool water, such as the oil flower is thin, colorless and transparent, about 3 cents in diameter, it is the real sesame oil; such as the oil flower is relatively small and is about half of the flower of the sesame oil, double the thickness of the color is more yellow, it is not the real sesame oil, it may be cottonseed oil and so on.

Watch the changes after shaking vigorously: you can take about 50 grams of sesame oil, pouring people in the net white fine glass bottle, after shaking vigorously, no foam or a small amount of foam in the bottle and will soon disappear, is pure sesame oil; such as white foam and disappearing slowly, it may be in the sesame oil mixed with peanut oil; such as the emergence of a large number of bubbles, it takes a long time to disappear, the available hand can be dipped in a bit of friction, can be smelled alkali flavor, may be adulterated with peanut oil; if there is a large amount of foam, can disappear, can dip a bit of rubbing, and can be smelled. If you can smell the alkali flavor, it may be adulterated with health oil; if there is a yellowish foam and it is not easy to disappear, rubbing with the palm of the hand has a soybean flavor, it may be adulterated with soybean oil; if you smell

hot flavor, it may be adulterated with rapeseed oil.