I was very paranoid about cooking the first few days after moving to USA since I had not tried cooking entirely by myself before marriage (always had mom or the help around). I had to start from scratch here on my own, and what more - I did not come prepared with anything for the kitchen: no recipes, no list of things required in the kitchen, no tips, no experience, and basically NOTHING.
My first challenge was to stock the pantry with essential pantry items. Then as I began experimenting more dishes, I started building my Indian pantry with spices, grains, flours, lentils, seeds, powders, and so on. Since then, I have been gradually stocking up items to my pantry, understanding the basics, the essentials, the substitutions, the extras and unnecessaries, learning about a new ingredient, challenging myself to cook a new dish, making mistakes and learning from them.
Here are some spices, grains, flours, lentils, seeds, powders, etc from my kitchen with their English and Hindi names. These are probably just 5% of the entire stock in my kitchen. I will add more, gradually.
Pantry Essentials for the Indian Pantry (and beyond…)
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