A woman stirs the powdered seeds while they are being steamed to make pharchakpa oil.
There is a tradition in Bhutan of extracting oil from natural seeds known locally as “pharchakpa”. After being harvested in the 6th and 7th Bhutanese months, the seeds are ground using a hand-powered stone mill and then further crushed with a mortar and pestle. The powdered seeds are sieved to separate fine particles from coarser ones that require further crushing. The finest seed powder is
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