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:
(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
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!
Laavanya
December 6, 2008 at 1:43 pmThe anjarapetti picture is so good. Idlis cooked with cloth on the base are much softer than the normal ones illaya?
Malar Gandhi
December 6, 2008 at 1:47 pmGood one, I don’t have idly cooker or anjaraipeti here:( wonderful snap dear.
anudivya
December 6, 2008 at 4:10 pmHey That is so nice… I have a anjarapetti too … I call it “anjalapetti” for some reason. He he he.
Very nice treasure!
Bharathy
December 6, 2008 at 5:16 pmMuaah!..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
December 6, 2008 at 6:51 pmlove the way anjalapetti photo has come out.. nice collection of utensils u have.
Cham
December 7, 2008 at 7:20 amAnjala petti and idli kunda wow they re very shiny!
Daily Meals
December 7, 2008 at 1:21 pmNice pictures…I too have the same spice box (Popula dabba) but I left it India…
Seena
December 7, 2008 at 5:09 pmSo lovely box, Raj! I have a tupper ware one. pictures are more clear now, did u buy new camera? 🙂
Kitchen Flavours
December 8, 2008 at 10:55 amI love that spicy box. Edli one looks cute.
Happy cook
December 8, 2008 at 12:42 pmI love both of them. I have a spice box too, but your is looking cleaner 🙂
Priya
December 8, 2008 at 12:44 pmReal treasure..awesome clicks.
Shama Nagarajan
December 8, 2008 at 1:07 pmnice pic…lovely
notyet100
December 8, 2008 at 4:06 pmlovely kitchen treasure,..specially the idli steamer,..nd real nice clicks,..
AnuSriram
December 8, 2008 at 7:00 pmThats a nice story and a wonderful collection!
Sagari
December 8, 2008 at 7:58 pmbeautiful pics ,love the colors in first pic
Supriya
December 8, 2008 at 7:59 pmOh 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
December 8, 2008 at 10:12 pmthose 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
December 9, 2008 at 1:46 amThe 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
December 9, 2008 at 5:09 amNice clicks. I also have This.
Adlak's tiny world
December 9, 2008 at 9:26 amNice pic of anjarai petti(wonder always it contain 7rooms instead of 5) and idli cooker. Nice and clean collections…
Sharmi
December 9, 2008 at 5:28 pmthose two look so pretty!! I left them back in India as it was heavy:( nice pics!!
raaji
December 9, 2008 at 8:02 pmcooolrajeshwari.i love that popu box…esp the lighting and clarity makes the pic awesome
Suma Rajesh
December 9, 2008 at 10:12 pmlovly kitchen treasures…
Premyscakes
December 10, 2008 at 10:47 amwow, idli cooked with cloth, best than any other form of idli. It is really a treasure.
Jaishree
December 10, 2008 at 11:22 amNice pic of anjarai petti..lovely kitchen treasures…
Viki Xavier.
December 10, 2008 at 3:45 pmamazing photos. Truly they are treasures for us dear.
Andhra Flavors
December 11, 2008 at 4:58 amYour anjarapetti is looks different with spoons. nice idea.
Yasmeen
December 11, 2008 at 6:53 pmI treasure a similar spice box,its such a neat way to store our favorite spices:)
Srivalli
December 13, 2008 at 8:06 ambeautiful pictures raji..looks like your pictures are becoming more pretty by every day..:))..nice idle molds…spice box looks so neat..hehehh
sairam
December 16, 2008 at 6:14 amHi
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
December 16, 2008 at 8:48 amHi 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
December 16, 2008 at 6:26 pmHey those spices boxes are really nice. I’ve never seen anything like them.
Roochi
August 19, 2009 at 4:12 ami like the shape of the mould in the trays…
Nags
July 17, 2010 at 2:43 pmwhy do you need to use cloth in this idli tray?
RAKS KITCHEN
July 17, 2010 at 2:46 pmIts 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
November 30, 2011 at 3:03 pmwhen i use a cloth lots of batter sticks to the cloth how to avoid this…. once removing the cooked idli?
RAKS KITCHEN
November 30, 2011 at 3:10 pmAyesha, 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
May 10, 2013 at 3:47 amcan u do a post about kitchen must haves (spices,powders etc) becoz i will move alone soon it will help me alot thanks