Pantry essentials
Preparing for your kitchen/pantry
Every household – be it for one person or a joint family of people that don’t talk to each other – needs a pantry. The pantry is the heart of the home, no matter what they say. The other part that is the ‘hearth’ is the hand that feeds the rest. That, in most homes, is usually an underpaid domestic staff, who needs to be reminded to wash their hands before chopping the veggies.
Either way, it’s the pantry that holds the key to much happiness for me. The pantry is the safe-zone that I know I can walk to at any time of the day/night and feel reassured that all is well in the world.
Now, normal people will have a separate list of pantry essentials, but I would like to share the real essentials that are free from diet restrictions and all that nonsense.
GROCERY
Bread
Butter
Cheese
Chilies
Eggs
Fruit & Vegetables
Garlic
Ginger
Ice cream
Milk
Onion
Potatoes
Yogurt
PANTRY BASICS
Almond butter
Balsamic vinegar
Barley
Breadcrumbs
Bulgur
Canned vegetables
Cereal
Chai masala
Chili sauce
Coconut milk
Coffee
Extra virgin olive oil
Ghee
Granola
Honey
Jaggery
Jalapenos
Jam / preserves
Ketchup
Maple syrup
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Nuts (almond, cashew, walnuts etc)
Olive oil
Olives
Pasta
Peanut butter
Peanuts
Pepper
Pickled gherkins
Pickled onions
Pickles
Quinoa
Ragi flour
Red wine vinegar
Rice (white / brown)
Rice wine vinegar
Rolled oats
Salt
Seeds
Soya sauce
Sriracha
Tea
Toasted sesame oil
Tomato puree
Various beans and pulses
Vegetable oil
Vegetable stock
Vermicelli
Vinegar
White flour
Whole wheat flour
OTHER SPICES
Allspice
Basil
Bay leaf
Cayenne pepper
Chilli flakes
Cinnamon
Cloves
Mace
Mint leaves (dried)
Nutmeg
Oregano
Paprika
Parsley
Rosemary
Sage
Star anise
Sumac
Taco seasoning
Thyme
Vanilla bean pod
Zaatar
TOOLS ETC
Baking paper / parchment paper
Bread cloth
Cake tins/cupcake moulds
Cake knife
Can opener
Corkscrew
Foil
Grater for cheese
Grater for ginger / garlic
Grinder
Ice cream scooper
Knives
Lemon squeezer
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Mixing bowls
Mixer
Mortar & pestle
Non-stick pots and pans
Omelet sized pan
Oven mittens
Potato masher
Potato peeler
Pressure cooker
Rolling pin and base
Sieve
Soup ladle
Spatula
Spatula
Tongs
Toothpick
Weight scale
Whisk
Wire mesh colander
Wooden spoons
Zest plane
BAKING SUPPLIES
Almond extract
Baking powder
Baking soda
Brown sugar
Castor sugar
Chia seeds
Chocolate chips
Cocoa powder, unsweetened
Coconut milk tetrapack
Cream of tartar
Cream tetrapack
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate chips
Dry fruits
Flour (white and whole wheat)
Icing sugar
Instant dry yeast
Marshmallows
Nutella
Nuts
Oats
Sprinkles
sprinkles
Vanilla extract
INDIAN SPICE BOX
Asafoetida (hing)
Bay leaves
Biryani Masala
Black pepperCardamom (green and black)
Carom seeds (ajwain)
Chaat masala
Chilli peppers
Chole Masala
Cinnamon sticks
Cloves
Coriander seeds and powder
Curry leaves
Cumin, whole and powder
Fenugreek seeds (methi)
Fennel seeds(SAUNF)
Garam masala
Kitchen King masala
Mace
Mustard seeds
Nutmeg
Rajma Masala
Red chilli powder
Red dry chilli
Saffron
Sesame seeds
South Indian gun powder or dry powder chutney
Star anise
Turmeric Powder
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