How to Make Gumamela Oil

Gumamela oil is made by extracting the raw materials found in the gumamela flower. These brightly colored flowers are often seen in gardens because of their aesthetically pleasing appearance. Gumamela oil is used for aromatherapy purposes and is regarded to have medicinal values. Making this type of oil can be done with a few utensils usually found in most kitchens.

Things You'll Need

• Gumamela flowers
• Mortar and pestle
• Bowl
• Cooking pot
• Wooden spoon
• Olive oil
• Gas Stove
• Strainer
• 100ml glass jar
• Cork

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Instructions

• 1

  Use a mortar and pestle to grind up the desired amount of gumamela flowers that you want to use to make your oil. This can be as many as you like; the more flowers you use the more concentrated the oil will be.

• 2

  Put the ground-up gumamela flowers into a bowl and pour in around 100ml olive oil. You can put more oil in, but make sure you have containers for it.

• 3

  Mix the olive oil and gumamela flowers together using a wooden spoon. When they are thoroughly mixed pour the mixture into a cooking pot.

• 4

  Place the cooking pot onto a gas stove and heat up the oil slowly. Leave the oil heating up on a low heat; do not let it boil.

• 5

  Heat the oil and gumamela flowers for a long time, at least four hours, but if possible eight hours. The longer you heat the mixture, the more infused the oil will be with the gumamela flower.

• 6

  Finish heating the oil and flower mixture then let it cool down to room temperature.

• 7

  Position a strainer over a bowl and pour the contents of the cooking pot into the strainer. Leave the strainer in place until all the oil has flowed through into the bowl.

• 8

  Pour the gumamela oil from the bowl into a 100ml glass jar and seal the top with a cork top. Use the oil as desired.