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....spice box:
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 nowadays, there are 7 piece 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, chana dal, toor dal, turmeric, jeera and fenugreek seeds in my boxes. Here's the snap for you all!
Idli steaming pot:
Mine is a bit smaller one my mother in law bought me, is made of aluminium and cloth has to be used in the plates to steam cook idlis. It gets cooked so quickly, as its small and made of aluminium and we enjoy soft idlis. Thanks to my Mother in law.
So I treasure this one. See you all soon with recipes!
Laavanya
The anjarapetti picture is so good. Idlis cooked with cloth on the base are much softer than the normal ones illaya?
Malar Gandhi
Good one, I don't have idly cooker or anjaraipeti here:( wonderful snap dear.
anudivya
Hey That is so nice... I have a anjarapetti too ... I call it "anjalapetti" for some reason. He he he.
Very nice treasure!
Bharathy
Muaah!..that was a REAL show off..
Love the anjarapetti picture!..its not out of focus, but real professional :)..
you are really rocking with pictures lately..love the dosa molgappodi too 🙂
Mahimaa's kitchen
love the way anjalapetti photo has come out.. nice collection of utensils u have.
Cham
Anjala petti and idli kunda wow they re very shiny!
Daily Meals
Nice pictures...I too have the same spice box (Popula dabba) but I left it India...
Seena
So lovely box, Raj! I have a tupper ware one. pictures are more clear now, did u buy new camera? 🙂
Kitchen Flavours
I love that spicy box. Edli one looks cute.
Happy cook
I love both of them. I have a spice box too, but your is looking cleaner 🙂
Priya
Real treasure..awesome clicks.
Shama Nagarajan
nice pic...lovely
notyet100
lovely kitchen treasure,..specially the idli steamer,..nd real nice clicks,..
AnuSriram
Thats a nice story and a wonderful collection!
Sagari
beautiful pics ,love the colors in first pic
Supriya
Oh the good old anjaraipetti, brings back memories : )
Great 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.
Uma
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!
Gita's Kitchen
The 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 🙂
vidhas
Nice clicks. I also have This.
Adlak's tiny world
Nice pic of anjarai petti(wonder always it contain 7rooms instead of 5) and idli cooker. Nice and clean collections...
Sharmi
those two look so pretty!! I left them back in India as it was heavy:( nice pics!!
raaji
cooolrajeshwari.i love that popu box...esp the lighting and clarity makes the pic awesome
Suma Rajesh
lovly kitchen treasures...
Premyscakes
wow, idli cooked with cloth, best than any other form of idli. It is really a treasure.
Jaishree
Nice pic of anjarai petti..lovely kitchen treasures...
Viki Xavier.
amazing photos. Truly they are treasures for us dear.
Andhra Flavors
Your anjarapetti is looks different with spoons. nice idea.
Yasmeen
I treasure a similar spice box,its such a neat way to store our favorite spices:)
Srivalli
beautiful pictures raji..looks like your pictures are becoming more pretty by every day..:))..nice idle molds...spice box looks so neat..hehehh
sairam
Hi
My 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
RAKS KITCHEN
Hi Hema,
Good 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!!
Geri
Hey those spices boxes are really nice. I've never seen anything like them.
Roochi
i like the shape of the mould in the trays...
Nags
why do you need to use cloth in this idli tray?
RAKS KITCHEN
Its 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...
Ayesha
when i use a cloth lots of batter sticks to the cloth how to avoid this.... once removing the cooked idli?
RAKS KITCHEN
Ayesha, 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!?
L Shree
can u do a post about kitchen must haves (spices,powders etc) becoz i will move alone soon it will help me alot thanks