I mean two of my kitchen treasures,to display for the event "Kitchen Treasure Hunt". I know I am sending it in the last moment,still happy to send my contribution...to Dibs of Chitramma's Kitchen.
By now,many of our friends have posted their treasures,in which mine also were there mostly...so I have displayed only two of mine....
(Updated Picture)
Almost every south Indian,will have this one in their kitchen...So I too have and its bought by my mom and very close to my heart!
This one in Tamil we call it as " Aindhu Arai Petti" means box with five rooms,though mine have seven and almost now a days,there are 7 rooms box only....May be long time back when they named it might have had originally only 5.
This authentic box is made of stainless steel,with individually engraved spice canisters...Each canister has its own small spoon too!
With this box,every women(Ok,men cook too) can organize her/his own favorite spices,they use in their day to day cooking! So seven of your favorite spice can be easily accessed whenever you need them...cool right?
Mine,being a south Indian, I will always have Mustard,Urad dal,channa dal,thuvar dal,turmeric,jeera and fenugreek seeds(vendhayam) in my boxes... Heres the display snap for you all!
Bear with my bad focusing
See you all soon with recipes!
By now,many of our friends have posted their treasures,in which mine also were there mostly...so I have displayed only two of mine....
spice box:
(Updated Picture)
Almost every south Indian,will have this one in their kitchen...So I too have and its bought by my mom and very close to my heart!
This one in Tamil we call it as " Aindhu Arai Petti" means box with five rooms,though mine have seven and almost now a days,there are 7 rooms box only....May be long time back when they named it might have had originally only 5.
This authentic box is made of stainless steel,with individually engraved spice canisters...Each canister has its own small spoon too!
With this box,every women(Ok,men cook too) can organize her/his own favorite spices,they use in their day to day cooking! So seven of your favorite spice can be easily accessed whenever you need them...cool right?
Mine,being a south Indian, I will always have Mustard,Urad dal,channa dal,thuvar dal,turmeric,jeera and fenugreek seeds(vendhayam) in my boxes... Heres the display snap for you all!
Bear with my bad focusing
idly steaming pot:
Mine is a bit smaller one my mother in law gifted me,is made of aluminium,and cloth has to be used in the plates to steam cook idlies... It gets cooked so quickly,as its small and made of aluminium and we enjoy soft idlies...thanks to my Mother in law.
See you all soon with recipes!
The anjarapetti picture is so good. Idlis cooked with cloth on the base are much softer than the normal ones illaya?
ReplyDeleteGood one, I don't have idly cooker or anjaraipeti here:( wonderful snap dear.
ReplyDeleteHey That is so nice... I have a anjarapetti too ... I call it "anjalapetti" for some reason. He he he.
ReplyDeleteVery nice treasure!
Muaah!..that was a REAL show off..
ReplyDeleteLove the anjarapetti picture!..its not out of focus, but real professional :)..
you are really rocking with pictures lately..love the dosa molgappodi too :)
love the way anjalapetti photo has come out.. nice collection of utensils u have.
ReplyDeleteAnjala petti and idli kunda wow they re very shiny!
ReplyDeleteNice pictures...I too have the same spice box (Popula dabba) but I left it India...
ReplyDeleteSo lovely box, Raj! I have a tupper ware one. pictures are more clear now, did u buy new camera? :)
ReplyDeleteI love that spicy box. Edli one looks cute.
ReplyDeleteI love both of them. I have a spice box too, but your is looking cleaner :-)
ReplyDeleteReal treasure..awesome clicks.
ReplyDeletenice pic...lovely
ReplyDeletelovely kitchen treasure,..specially the idli steamer,..nd real nice clicks,..
ReplyDeleteThats a nice story and a wonderful collection!
ReplyDeletebeautiful pics ,love the colors in first pic
ReplyDeleteOh the good old anjaraipetti, brings back memories : )
ReplyDeleteGreat blog you have going here!
I have a question regarding commenting here, I am not a Blogspot blogger, but your site doesn't seem to allow any other type of blogger to comment. Not sure if you meant it to be that way.
those are beautiful treasures! I also have the same type of spice box (We call it "popula Dabba" in Telugu). Idli steamer looks great too!
ReplyDeleteThe picture looks very good. I too had an ajanarapetti in India, I was not able to bring one here to US. I am planning to bring it during my next trip. I'll post the recipe for the cake soon :)
ReplyDeleteNice clicks. I also have This.
ReplyDeleteNice pic of anjarai petti(wonder always it contain 7rooms instead of 5) and idli cooker. Nice and clean collections...
ReplyDeletethose two look so pretty!! I left them back in India as it was heavy:( nice pics!!
ReplyDeletecooolrajeshwari.i love that popu box...esp the lighting and clarity makes the pic awesome
ReplyDeletelovly kitchen treasures...
ReplyDeletewow, idli cooked with cloth, best than any other form of idli. It is really a treasure.
ReplyDeleteNice pic of anjarai petti..lovely kitchen treasures...
ReplyDeleteamazing photos. Truly they are treasures for us dear.
ReplyDeleteYour anjarapetti is looks different with spoons. nice idea.
ReplyDeleteI treasure a similar spice box,its such a neat way to store our favorite spices:)
ReplyDeletebeautiful pictures raji..looks like your pictures are becoming more pretty by every day..:))..nice idle molds...spice box looks so neat..hehehh
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteMy name is hemlata and i live in Tampines Singapore. I enjoy your blog very much, I too would like to share some of my gujerati recipes with you
regards
hemlata
Hi Hema,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you,kidly contact me in my mail ID,which u can find it in my profile...,sure I will post it through my blog!!
Hey those spices boxes are really nice. I've never seen anything like them.
ReplyDeletei like the shape of the mould in the trays...
ReplyDeletewhy do you need to use cloth in this idli tray?
ReplyDeleteIts not a must,it gives you more moist idlies,also as this idly plate is made of aluminium I think the idlies tend to stick more in the plate than in the normal ever-silver plates...
ReplyDeletewhen i use a cloth lots of batter sticks to the cloth how to avoid this.... once removing the cooked idli?
ReplyDeleteAyesha, after you invert the idly plate, and before taking the cloth off, sprinkle some water on the back. That will surely reduce the idly getting stuck on the cloth. Hope i am clear to convey you what I have in my mind!?
ReplyDeletecan u do a post about kitchen must haves (spices,powders etc) becoz i will move alone soon it will help me alot thanks
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