Rohan Fernandes
Ghanno is a coconut oil extraction method using traditional wooden mill driven by an ox. This method was very prevalent in Goa in the olden days.
Extracting oil from a stone mill is called the cold pressed method as heat is not produced during the process.
This is an age old-tradition followed in Goa, but now it is almost dying.
Many people prefer oil extracted by using this cold-pressed method because of its health benefits.
Cold-pressed oil contains all the nutrients required in a healthy food oil.
This traditional method of oil extraction has been made unviable due to maintenance of the ox and faster oil extraction machines in the market.
This mill located at Agonda in Canacona taluka still follows this traditional method of oil extraction.