Have you been stuck in between your cooking process due to not having avocado oil as well Avocado Oil substitutes? Don’t worry you can make your own if you have some avocados in your refrigerator. Making your own pantry staples is fun and you ensure that there are no additives and preservatives. You can save money without doing extra unnecessary processing.
Before going ahead to know how is avocado oil made? You have to know the health benefits of using avocado oil in cooking.
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Health Benefits of Avocado Oil:
Avocado oil has lots of health benefits. The healthy fat of avocado oil is also beneficial for health along with antioxidants. Here are some of the health benefits of avocado oil.
- Avocado oil is rich in oleic acid which has a 70% stake in avocado oil. Oleic acid is a monosaturated omega-9 fatty acid that makes it a healthy fat.
- Avocado oil increases the level of HDL cholesterol which is a good one for health along with reducing the level of LDL cholesterol for great heart health.
- Avocado oil is packed with antioxidants that help to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease.
- The fatty acid of avocado oil enhances wound healing, moisturizing skin. It also has some anti-inflammatory properties to relieve such conditions as psoriasis and eczema.
- Avocado Oil is a great example of fat that helps to increase the rate of absorbing nutrients in the body.
How to Make Avocado Oil?
There are two methods to extract oil from avocado. Both the methods are easy as well as less time-consuming.
- Extracting Oil Through Cooking
- Extracting Oil by Sieving Dried Avocados
1. Extracting Oil Through Cooking:-
- First, you have to wash all the avocados you are going to extract oil. Use a knife to cut in a scooping motion around the pit until two halves come apart. Now, use a spoon to scoop out the pulp and put it into the food processor or blender.
- Blend well the pulp until you get a smooth puree-type texture. Then, pour it into a medium-sized pot.
- Turn the gas on to medium to high heat. Stir them every 5 mins. When puree starts to boil, you may see bubbles which is a good sign of extracting oil from avocado.
- Keep cooking and stirring the mixture until it changes its color from light green to dark green without having any water content.
- When the cooking process has stopped, spoon the mixture into a bowl. Now, take a thin cloth such as cheesecloth on top of the bowl, then hold the cloth in place around the rim of the bowl and turn the bowl upside-down. Tighten the cloth to give it a strain so that you are left with only a sack of avocado.
- Squeeze the sack of avocado over a bowl to strain out the oil. Keep changing your grip as well as squeezing for a min. or more until no more oil remains inside the sack.
- Once you have done this process of extracting oil, pour the oil into a small bottle or a safe container. Your avocado oil is ready to use.
2. Extracting Oil by Sieving Dried Avocados:-
- First, slice the avocados in half around the pit, then use the knife to scoop around the pit. Spoon out the avocado pulp and put it into the food processor or blender.
- Make a smooth texture like puree until you left with a thick paste.
- Spoon out the avocado puree onto a baking tray, then use a spatula to spread the avocado as a thin layer. Try to make a layer about half an inch (1.3 cm) thick.
- Now, place the tray into the oven which you don’t need to preheat. Make sure the temperature range should not go above 150°F/50°C because you are trying to dry the avocado not going to bake. You can also place the tray or avocado outside to dry in direct sunlight for two days if you have enough time.
- Let the avocado dry out in the oven for around 5 hours. Make sure to check in every hour the avocado is not burning. The resulting avocado should be dark green or somewhat brownish in color. Take it out from the oven if it is turning black.
- When 5 hours are done, take the baking pan out of the oven. Scratch it off with help of a spatula. Place the avocado scraps into a thin cotton cloth like cheesecloth.
- Tighten the cloth to give it a strain so that you are left with only a sack of avocado. Squeeze the sack of avocado over a bowl to strain out the oil. Keep changing your grip as well as squeezing for a min. or more until no more oil remains inside the sack.
- Once you have squeezed all of the avocados, pour the oil into a small bottle or a safe container. Your avocado oil is ready to use.
How to Store Avocado Oil?
Avocado oil has a long shelf life until you keep it in an air-tight container away from direct sunlight and heat. You can also increase the shelf life further when stored in the fridge.
What can You do with Leftover Avocado Pulp?
The leftover avocado pulp can be used in brownies or an olive spread. You can also dry the pulp to make the powder which is a good option to increase the nutrients within dishes. If you don’t want to use them right now, then keep them in the freezer in ice-tray and thaw them when needed.
What can You do with Leftover Avocado Seeds?
You can use avocado seeds and skin to make a natural pink dye. Dry them and make powder to add to the smoothies as well as some dishes. The skin/peel of avocado can also be used to extract oil if you have a presser like an orange presser.
