Oil Literacy · 6 min read
Gandusha. Kavala. The practice is older than the language we use to describe it. What it is, and what it isn't.
This article is in draft. The published version arrives on 20 July 2026.
This article is in draft. The full piece — a primary-source reading of the gandusha and kavala references in Caraka and Sushruta Samhita, the modern practice, and what claims the text does and does not make — publishes late July. We make no therapeutic claims.
The most common food-fraud in Indian mustard oil, and the four tests a household can do at home.
The two oils share a name and an ingredient. Nothing else.
A practical guide to oil smoke points, written for the household kitchen and not the chemistry lab.