Verri Nuvvula Nune - Eddhu Ganuga Nune | Bull Churned Cold Pressed Niger Seed Oil

🖤 Verri Nuvvula Nune - The Oil Only Telugu Households Know

If you grew up in an Andhra or Telangana household, you know Verri Nuvvulu. That small, dark, intensely aromatic seed that turns up in chutneys, ladoos, and oil tins passed down from grandmothers. Niger seed oil Verri Nuvvula Nune is one of the most regional, most traditional oils in Telugu cooking, and almost impossible to find outside of local markets. We press it raw, through our Eddhu Ganuga bull-churned wooden press, the only way that preserves everything that makes this oil worth seeking out.

Niger seeds called Verri Nuvvulu in Telugu are small, black, and intensely flavourful. Despite the name suggesting a relation to sesame (nuvvulu), they are an entirely different plant Guizotia abyssinica native to the Ethiopian highlands but deeply rooted in Indian agriculture for centuries, particularly across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra. The seeds have a bold, nutty, almost smoky character that carries through into the oil giving it a flavour profile that is distinctly its own and unmistakable once you have tasted it.

Raw niger seeds are loaded into our traditional wooden ganuga. A bull walks in slow, steady circles, turning the wooden pestle that gently crushes the seeds at room temperature. The dark, aromatic oil flows out naturally, is filtered, and bottled no heat generated, no chemicals used, nothing added or removed. The bold character of the seed comes through completely intact into every drop.

In the kitchen, Verri Nuvvula Nune is a flavour oil more than a neutral cooking medium. A spoonful in tempering transforms a simple dal into something deeply aromatic. It is traditionally used in chutneys particularly in combination with sesame and tamarind and as a finishing drizzle over rice and curries. Verri Nuvvula ladoos made with this oil carry a depth of flavour that no other oil can replicate.

Beyond the kitchen, it has long been used as a hair oil in Andhra households particularly valued for its warming properties during winter months. Applied warm to the scalp, it is a traditional remedy for dry, brittle hair. It is also used as a body massage oil, especially in cooler weather when a warming oil is preferred.

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The oil your grandmother kept in an unlabelled tin. Now bottled, cold-pressed, and made with the same care.