OLIVE OIL FOR COOKING
Olive is a type of a fruit and the oil extracted from it is used for cooking all over the world. Olive oil does not require any chemical treatment during the process of its extraction where as almost all other do require. And hence, no refining is required for olive oil before consuming.
Olive oil is used for dressing salads, frying and cooking. Its ingredients give the dish an authentic Mediterranean flavor. It is best suited for any kind of food. It goes with pizzas and pasta. Its good with soups and sauce. In Spain, it is also used to cook sweets. The food fried or cooked with olive oil contains less fat content in them and hence prevents obesity. This is mainly because it forms a crust around the food and prevents the food by absorbing more oil. It is also said that usage of olive oil in regular food diet prevents breast cancer.
Olive oil has to be stored properly. Air, moisture and heating makes the oil turn rancid and when such rancid oil is used for cooking, it can cause severe health problems on consumers. So an ideal temperature for storing olive oil is 570 Fahrenheit of 140 C. and it can also be refrigerated.
Olive oil expands on heating. This property is considered to be most advantageous for the consumers. Because of this property, the oil can be reused for upto five times and it is safe. But, if olive oil is combined with other kinds of oil while cooking, it is said to produce certain toxins which can cause serious damage to health.











