Thanikkal Flour And Oil Mill

Down on Unni Namboothiri Road in Alamcode, you’ll find Thanikkal Flour And Oil Mill. We do a couple of things here, mostly grinding grains and pressing oil. The smell of coconut oil is pretty strong around the shop. Some people like it, some find it a bit much, but that’s just the way it is when you’re making oil. We’ve got the old presses and the grinders all set up in the back. Alamcode is a busy enough place, and we get people coming in all through the day. They bring their dried coconut or their bags of grain, and we get to it. It’s a bit messy, especially with the oil, so we’re always wiping down the counters. We don't have a fancy storefront or anything. It's just a practical space for working. My father started doing this, and now we’re just carrying it on. We don't use any chemicals or anything weird, just the raw stuff people bring us. Sometimes the queue gets long and people have to leave their sacks and come back later. We try to keep up, but we only have so many machines. It’s a steady rhythm of work. We aren't looking to expand or become a big company. We’re just happy being here on the road, helping out the neighbors with their cooking needs. It’s a basic life, but it suits us just fine. We just try to keep the place tidy and make sure everything is running right.