The Spice Box

What is a spice Box?

A spice box is considered as an integral part of Indian cuisine and every household has a special one for which is considered the most treasured, a secret element in the kitchen which signs ownership of the chef creating his masterpieces in his creative space the kitchen. 

1. They were usually stored in a brass container, beautifully crafted by specialist and they preferred alloy for many centuries.
2. It was also a tradition where the Turks and Mughals who invaded India carried these special spices in these special boxes to preserve them from heat and other elements.
3. Brass was preferred special as Zinc, which is a metal part of the alloy had immense antioxidant properties and helps to preserve the antioxidant benefits of all the spices we most often use. In the most modern conclusions, antioxidant helps to fight many illnesses such as Cancer cells in our body. Spices can be stored in Brass containers for as long as you want and would stay fresh.
4. WE have now many variations of the spice box in wooden, steel and glass containers which are visible, in the pantry or making it handy for people to find them.
5. The traditional age-old spices boxes started with 5 compartments (was referred to as ‘Anjaraipetti’ in a local language) usually used in Grandma’s kitchen to temper the most used spices in everyday cooking such us Dhal and! Vegetables. There was even a secret compartment in between the box to hold saffron or dry red chillies!
6. Well you get revised and updated versions of spice containers now as we have more special and add owns to our spice collection. Boxes were shaped in rectangle or round and the width and depth was all crafted according to the cook’s preferences.
7. The contents in the spice box varies with region and geographical requirements but the essence stays the same, to provide quick and easy access to what we can make using those essential ingredients in our cooking.

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Make a simple curry using the five spices- recipes Tadka Dhal/ Potato and peas.

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