The families have been in the oil business together for over 40 years, producing top quality oils from South Africa. They are the fourth generation of the Gilbert and Rottcher families, and Mokhado is their brainchild! 

They’re passionate about everyone in the food production process getting a fair deal, and we’re all about keeping it local. Many communities around the world have their crops and harvest exported on a mass scale, making it difficult for them to rely on their own produce. To ensure this doesn’t happen in our local communities, we operate a skills-sharing-partnership between family-owned groves and local smaller farmers in Limpopo, working closely with them to establish small farms from which we then buy our crop from. The farmers take exceptional care of their trees and harvesting to provide the highest quality produce, but the expense of organic certification and materials excludes small farmers and communities, meaning that we are unable to label our products as organic. Investing in organic certification would defeat the purpose of our programme which is to help small farmers succeed and provide for their families - our oils are all 100% pure and sourced from the best ingredients to produce the highest quality oils, whilst supporting and sustaining local communities. 

We produce our oils with great taste and good health in mind - not only are they of the highest quality and exceptional in taste, but they also have an abundance of health benefits. Each bottle is jam-packed with vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids, which help with inflammation and a number of health issues, such as lowering high cholesterol and even lowering the risk of some cancers. Not only are our oils wonderful for your insides, they are also pretty good for your skin, making the list of benefits truly endless! Head over to our blog to find out more about the amazing health benefits of our oils. Healthy eating has never been tastier!

Beat the breakfast boredom with this super glam, healthy and delicious granola served with stewed apricots - the perfect antidote to a dull routine. Our Apricot Kernel oil makes for the perfect fruity flavour match in this wonderfully simple recipe. Give it a go today.

Serves 2

Difficulty: EASY
Preparation time: 15 minutes + cooling time
Cooking time: 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

GRANOLA (yields 8-10 portions)

• 250ml (1 cup / 100g) gluten-free rolled oats
• 125ml (½ cup / 90g) sunflower seeds
• 125ml (½ cup / 90g) pumpkin seeds
• 60ml (¼ cup / 31g) gluten-free flour
• 60ml (¼ cup) maple syrup
• 45ml (3 tbsp) Mokhado Apricot Kernel Oil
• 30ml (2 tbsp) flax seeds
• pinch salt
• 125ml (½ cup / 15g) brown puffed rice or puffed millet
• 100g shelled pistachios
• 80ml (⅓ cup / 80g) dried apricots, chopped

STEWED APRICOTS

• 180ml (¾ cup) water
• 1 breakfast tea teabag
• 15ml (1 tbsp) brown sugar
• 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
• 80ml (⅓ cup / 80g) dried apricots

TO SERVE

• 500ml (2 cups) soy or nut yoghurt

METHOD

GRANOLA
Preheat the oven to 160°C and line a baking tray. Combine the oats, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flour, syrup, Apricot Kernel oil, flax seeds and salt together. Stir to mix it all through evenly. Spread the mixture out onto the lined tray and bake on the bottom shelf for 15 minutes. Give the mixture a stir and bake for another 10 minutes until golden. The mixture will crisp up more as it cools. Once the granola is removed from the oven, stir in the puffed rice, pistachios and apricots. Allow the mixture to cool on the tray before transferring to an airtight container.

STEWED APRICOTS
Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer 4-5 minutes. Remove the teabag.

TO SERVE
Spoon the yoghurt into serving dishes. Add some stewed apricots on top and scatter a portion of the granola over. The remaining granola can be stored for up to 2 weeks.

TIP: The granola on its own also makes for a great trail mix in lunchboxes.