Shop Ace Mustard Oil 500ml Online
Mustard oil from an Indian grocery.
ACE MUSTARD OIL 500 ML
$5.99
Sold by Easy Grocery
Where to Buy It
This is listed by Easy Grocery on DoorToShop, an Indian and South Asian grocery at 184 McLeod Road, alongside several hundred other lines — atta and rice, dals, whole and ground spices, ghee and cooking oils, tea and snacks, and a personal-care and household aisle. Our guide to the store covers the range, and the wider Groceries category has other local stores you can add to the same order.
Delivery is calculated at checkout, with free delivery above the threshold shown there in the Auckland region only, and there is no minimum order value. Enter your postcode at checkout to confirm delivery coverage for your address, or read how DoorToShop works.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I check on the label before I use it?
How the manufacturer says the product may be used. Mustard oil is sold in different markets under different rules, and bottles imported from some of them carry an external-use-only statement on the label even when they sit on a grocery shelf. That statement is the manufacturer's and it is on the bottle. Read the bottle you receive and follow what it says, rather than assuming it matches one you have bought before.
Why does it smell so sharp straight from the bottle?
That pungency is the characteristic of the oil and it is why it is used. It is also why raw mustard oil tastes nothing like the mustard oil in a finished dish - the aroma is volatile, and what survives cooking is a fraction of what comes off the open bottle.
Why do recipes heat it before anything goes in?
Because cooks want the raw pungency knocked back. The usual instruction is to bring the oil up until it just begins to shimmer and the raw smell changes, then take it off the heat for a moment before the tempering goes in. Done straight from cold the oil dominates whatever it is cooking; taken too far it goes bitter like any oil past its smoke point.
What is it used for?
It is the traditional cooking oil of eastern and northern India - Bengali, Bihari, Kashmiri and Punjabi cooking in particular - and it is the oil most Indian pickle recipes are built around, where its pungency is part of the preserve rather than incidental to it.
How should I store it?
Sealed, cool and dark, away from the hob and off the windowsill. Like any oil it is spoiled by air, light and heat, and a bottle that smells waxy or stale rather than sharp has oxidised. Buy a size your kitchen gets through and go by smell alongside the best-before date.
What is on the pack?
The ingredient list, any allergen statement, the country of origin and the best-before date, all of which are the manufacturer's to state and are printed on the packaging rather than reproduced here. The product page carries the weight, the barcode and the date as the store entered them.
Can I order this with items from other stores?
Yes. DoorToShop is a multi-merchant marketplace, so this can go in the same cart as items from other local stores and you check out once.
How much is delivery, and is there a minimum order?
Delivery is calculated at checkout, where the exact amount is confirmed. Free delivery applies above the threshold shown there, in the Auckland region only. There is no minimum order value, and you can combine items from other local stores in the same cart.