Sesame oil can be used for cooking.

Sesame oil has a strong aroma and is rich in vitamin E, sesamin, sesamol, phytosterol, etc., which is good for preventing cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, it has good heat resistance and is suitable for cooking.

Sesame oil is amber in color, reddish orange, crystal clear, full-bodied and persistent. It can be used to prepare cold and hot dishes, which can remove fishy smell and produce fragrance; Add it to the soup to make it fresh and palatable; Used for cooking and frying, it is pure in taste and positive in color, and it is a treasure in edible oil.

Sesame oil contains unsaturated fatty acids and amino acids necessary for human body, ranking first among all kinds of vegetable oils. It is also rich in vitamins and essential trace elements such as iron, zinc and copper, and its cholesterol content is far lower than that of animal fat, which is very popular among people.

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How to distinguish true sesame oil:

1. Pure sesame oil is slightly darker in color, reddish or reddish with yellow. If cooked rapeseed oil is mixed, the color will be dark yellow or blue, and cottonseed oil will be dark red.

2. smell it. Pure sesame oil has a mellow and rich fragrance, such as adulteration, peanut oil or soybean oil, etc., which has a pungent smell, a smell of peanuts or beans or a burnt smell.

3. shake. Shake the bottled sesame oil gently, if the bubbles are transparent and disappear quickly, they are generally pure sesame oil; If the oil bubbles are opaque and yellow and disappear slowly, it is inferior sesame oil.

4. water test. Drop a drop of fragrant oil into a bowl of clear water, and the pure sesame oil will appear as a thin and transparent flower, which will quickly spread and condense into several tiny oil beads. The flower of adulterated sesame oil is small and thick, and it is not easy to spread.

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