What is the purpose of cooking oils in a recipe? What does it add to a dish? If we remove it from a dish, what does it detract. Is it creaminess, flavour or something else? What was used by people when there were no vegetable oils?
Purpose of cooking oil
oil
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Best Answer
I'm going to only answer the bit about oils in cooking, rather than all the uses of oil in the kitchen.
When frying or sautéing, oil acts in several capacities: