Question:
We are Ashkenazim. is one allowed to make cakes and fry shnitzel (both require a lot of oil) and the like with margarine or oil that is derived from kitniyos before pesach to be eaten on pesach?
Answer:
Hello,
the Ashkenazi minhag is not to eat kitnios, even as a derivitave, and even if it was fried before Pesach. The reason being that bottom line, the nkitnios is being concumed and eaten.
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