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Cottonseed oil (kapasia)

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Oils & Ghee

Gujarat's everyday frying oil, though it is usually bought inside a blend rather than on its own.

What to know

Mild and slightly nutty when filtered, and indistinguishable from any other neutral oil once refined. Worth knowing mainly because a great deal of Indian blended oil is largely this without saying so on the front of the tin — if a recipe from a Gujarati kitchen says just oil, this is often what was meant.

Choosing it
Sold as kapasia in Gujarat. Elsewhere you will mostly meet it as an unnamed component of blended cooking oil.
Storing it
Cool, dark, sealed.
If you cannot get it
Try: groundnut oil, sunflower oil

Measures

  • 1 tsp ≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 tbsp ≈ 13.5 g
  • 1 cup ≈ 180 g

Cups here are the Indian 200 ml cup, not the 240 ml US cup — a common reason a recipe does not work. Weigh where you can; the grams are the figure we cook to.

Recipes using cottonseed oil

None published yet.