About Vaigai Oil Mills
Three generations of cold-pressed oil on Govindhan Street, K.Pudur – and a promise to keep oil the way it was.
Named After The River That Feeds Madurai
The Vaigai river has watered the fields around Madurai for as long as anyone can remember – groundnut, sesame, coconut and palmyra all grow along its banks. We named our mill after it because that is where our oil begins: with farmers we know, in soil we understand.
Vaigai Oil Mills is a family mill now in its third generation. It began as a neighbourhood chekku, the kind every Tamil town once had, where families brought their own seeds and left with fresh oil. Mr. Kajamohaideen carried the mill forward through the years when refined oils and supermarkets nearly wiped that tradition out – he kept pressing.
Today his son, Mr. Kaleel Rahman, runs the mill the same way: wooden chekkus, oil left to settle overnight, cloth filtering, and most of it still sold to neighbours who walk in with a can. This website simply lets the rest of Tamil Nadu – and India – buy the same oil.
Four Promises On Every Bottle
Cold Pressed, Always
Every drop comes from a slow wooden chekku, never a high-speed steel expeller.
One Ingredient
Groundnut is groundnut. Sesame is sesame. Nothing added except karuppatti in our traditional variety.
Farmer First
Seeds bought directly from farmers in Madurai, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli at fair prices.
Fully Transparent
FSSAI licence, batch number, packing date and nutrition facts on every label. Visit the mill any day.
Seed To Bottle In Four Honest Steps
- Select & sun dry. Every sack is opened and checked. Damp or shrivelled seed is rejected.
- Clean. Seeds are sieved to remove stones, dust and husk.
- Press. 15–20 kg at a time in the wooden chekku for about an hour, below 45°C.
- Settle, filter, bottle. A day of rest, cloth filtering, then bottling with batch number and dates.
Homes, Hotels, Hostels & Temples
Our 500 ml and 1 L bottles go to kitchens across Tamil Nadu. Our 5 L cans and 15 kg tins go to hotels, mess kitchens, hostels and temples in and around Madurai every week – often delivered by us personally.
Whether you need one bottle of nallennai or a monthly supply of groundnut oil for a hundred people, we would be glad to hear from you.