Items you will need to make palm kernel seed oil

1. Palm kernel seeds. To extract substantial quantity you will need up to 1 congo or seeds weighting about 1.5kg
2. An old cooking pot
3. A metal cooking spoon for stirring
4. A cooking device, for example a camp gas or an electric cooker

Caution

This process generates a lot of white smoke, its safest doing this out doors at the backyard of your home.

Processing of palm seed oil

1. The first step is to crush the palm kernel shells to remove the seeds. To extract a substantial amount of oil you will need up to 1.5kg of seeds.
2. Put the seeds into a clean dry cooking pot and place on your activated cooking device. The process will generate a lot of smoke so put on your nose marks if necessary.
3. Start stirring the seeds with a metal spoon. This is to distribute the cooking heat evenly across the seeds. Stirring should be done intermittently say every 30sec to 1min intervals.
4. Keep stirring intermittently until. Smoke begin to form. This indicates oil is beginning to extract from the heated seeds.
5. Keep on stirring, After substantial amount of oil is extracted you can pour into a metal bowl
6. Continue the previous process until all oil in the seeds is extracted.
7. When all oil in the seeds have been extracted the seed will look burnt inside out
8. Finally let the oil cool down and pour into a clean plastic Bottle.
9. You can extract over 250ml of oil from 1.5kg of seeds.