Essential Kitchen Powders

Indian cooking is partially dependend upon various sorts of spices mixed together to add up flavour and aroma to the dish prepared. These mix are either prepared homely or purchased from grocery shops. They may be finely or coarsely powdered. They are used in preparation of Sambar, Rasam, Curry, Kurma, Gravy and so on. Here I do present the essential powders and their preparation that are found in each and every Indian Kitchen.

•   Dal Powder
•   Rasam Powder
•   Sambar Powder
•   Garam Masala Powder
•   Puliyodara Powder
•   Tandoori masala Powder
•   Daniya, Pepper, jeera Powder
•   Curry leaf Powder
•   Garlic Powder

Idli Cooker

Idli cooker

This vessel is used to cook the South Indian famous food named 'Idli'. It comprises of 2 or 3 plates with cup like wholes numbering 4, 5, 7 or more and a vessel to hold these plates and then a lid to cover the vessel. The bottom vessel will be half filled with water and over it the plates filled with idli batter will be laid and covered. It undergoes steaming when placed on stove. Just requires not more than 10 minutes to get cooked. It is mostly manufactured in Aluminium and now stainless steel made are available in wide range.

Murukku achchu

Murukku achchu

This is a device used to prepare murukku, the kurkure snack. It has 2 or three parts. Dispalyed here is an achu of 2 parts. The bottom vessel and the topper. The dough prepared for the snack has to be kept inside the bottom vessel which has tiny wholes that determine the width of the snack. Then using the topper and pressure has to be applied by holding the handles of the twoo so that the dough is delivered in the form of thread which when deep fried becomes the snack. This device is very traditional one and comes in bronze, stainless steel and thick plastic.