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Pressed this week in Salem · Free delivery in Salem and Namakkal above ₹1,000

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Wooden chekku · Salem · since 1994

Oil pressed slowly in a wooden chekku, the old way.

Groundnut, gingelly and coconut oil pressed in vaagai-wood chekkus at 6 rpm, settled in the sun for three days and bottled without filtering or heat.

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Every bottle carries the date it was pressed. Best within 6 months.

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Our mill

Two chekkus, one shed, and the smell of groundnut at 6 am.

Selvaraj began pressing oil for his village in 1994 with one bullock chekku. His daughter Kavitha runs the mill now with two motor-driven wooden chekkus, still turning at bullock speed, and buys groundnut and sesame from 70 farmers around Salem and Attur.

1994
our first chekku
70
farmers we buy from
6 rpm
how fast the chekku turns
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Press

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Receive

Next day in Salem, 3–6 days across India.

Bring your own groundnuts. We press them for you.

Bring 10 kg or more of shelled groundnut or sesame to the mill and take home your own oil the same day. ₹28 a kg.

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Reviews

What customers say

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The groundnut oil smells like my grandmother’s kitchen. My murukku tastes right again.
Revathi S. · Salem
I took 20 kg of our own groundnuts to the mill and came back with oil the same afternoon.
Ganesan P. · Namakkal
The gingelly oil in glass bottles arrived in Chennai well packed and dated the week before.
Priya R. · Chennai

Questions

Before you order

Answers to what customers ask us most. More on the questions page.

Why is your oil cloudy?

We do not filter or refine it, so fine particles from the seed remain. They settle at the bottom; that is normal and safe.

How long does the oil keep?

About 6 months from the pressing date in a closed bottle, away from sunlight. Coconut oil keeps up to a year.

Can I get oil in my own container?

Yes, at the mill. Bring a steel or glass container and get ₹10 off every litre.

Why is it more expensive than packet oil?

A wooden chekku gives about 400 ml of oil from a kilo of groundnut, and needs good seed. Refined oil is extracted with heat and solvents.

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11 August 2026 · 2 min read

A morning at the mill

From the first sack of groundnut at 6 am to the bottles settling in the sun.

A fresh can every month.

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