Instructions: This oil is greatly favoured in Bengal and eastern India. Certain Punjabi dishes get their flavour from this strong smelling viscous oil. Mustard grows widely in Punjab. The oil has a pungent taste and smell and is deep gold in colour Punjabis normally heat the oil almost to smoking point and then cool it for use to tone down its smell. People swear by its ability to promote thick lustrous hair growth and it is often massaged into the scalp.

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