I just love the fact that how beautiful you are as a person and the same essence is reflected in your kitchen. Wonderfully organised; quite inspiring :)
I can’t believe you did this video!!! Makes me so happy! Exactly what I needed! After trying some of your recipes, I just had to buy your books. Could not find them in Montreal, so I turned to Amazon. Bought all four books, which will come to me from all around the world. I got my spice box and, thanks to this video, I can fill my cupboards with all those magical flavours and be ready to start cooking when the books arrive. I am so looking forward to fall and winter filled with all the warmth, flavour and joy your cooking brings. Thank you so much for being you!
Yes, Chetna, put everything in glasses. Amazing spice collection, beautiful cupboards...thank you for letting us peak into your life. You are such a warm person, just like your mother (even though I don’t know you, I can feel the warmth in you and your family)! 😍🙋🏻♀️
Where can I get the spice containers and bowl that are on the thumbnail for this video? I tried searching on Amazon but I couldn't find a nice set like the one you have. Thanks!
Typical Indian kitchen with lots of spices , diversifying into other cooking as well increases the spice types much more. Amazing collection of sugar varieties! Feels like entering a store ;)
Wow, it's like a spice grocery store. I was given a gift of spices which included dried curry leaves, I didn't notice any in your collection, but see in your book chai, chat and chutney a recipe for curry leaf chutney, would this be fresh or dried leaves. Some of your recipes have jaggery in them, what is that?. Thankyou Chetna, look forward to the lentil video.
This is a beautiful video. Last night I made your jeera rice, sag alu and matar paneer. They were delicious. When you say « bay leaves » do you mean the English or Indian ones?
There is one thing being creative and having a lot of wonderful ideas about food in the kitchen but also it is very important to keep it clean and tidy. Love your glass jars filled with different spices and how you organize everything in your kitchen😊😀👍
Organisation makes me happy 😄 And labelling makes me extra happy. This all looks fantastic 👏🏽👏🏽 may I ask Where can I find dry bay leaves in Uk? I can only find fresh and they go off fast Thank you 😊
This is a fantastic idea -- we had our kitchen remodeled last year, and despite our best efforts, things have started to spill and spread out. A bit of organization would do us a world of good :-) Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
I love seeing other people's spice collections :D I think I have a few more than you! By black salt, do you mean kala namak? I always use it in savoury dishes, it hadn't occurred to me to put it on fruit!
I’m soo impressed with all the arrangements of your spices, love it , don’t mind if I pinch some of your ideas, cheers, please keep it up in providing your lovely recipes, I love them and love you 😘😘❤️😍
Great spice selection. I threw all of my spices out when we moved as we were forced to live with the inlaws for a bit and space was limited. I'm now trying to build up my collection again. What are some must have spices? I had so many that I hardly ever used. Also, I would love a recipe for the chicken salad you mention in the video when you talk about the mild curry powder.
Hi! the chicken salad recipe is in my book 'Chetnas healthy indian'. My basic spices would be the ones in the spice box, that is my basic I can't do without. salt chilli ground coriander garam masala turmeric mustard seeds cumin seeds black pepper green cardamom cinnamon bay leaves
Oh my I can relate so much! We probably have as many spices and it takes up so much space. And we aren't even Indian, but German 😅 We store everything in glass jars, too. Much love from a like-minded fan ❤
@@FoodwithChetna We cook everything that looks delicious on UA-cam or the internet 😀 We tidied out our cook books and left only our favourites, because nowadays one can find so many recipes on the internet. And when a recipe I want to try calls for spices we don't have, I'm prone to buying them 🙈 But I love our collection! We like to make German, Mediterranean, Indian and Chinese dishes a lot. For example I recently made the Quick Cumin Rice you made with your Mom and everybody loved it! Usually when I make white rice, there's rice left. But not this time! I think the spices got my family hooked 😄
I love your organization!! Please do the Dal, I can’t wait! I saw online some moor lentils have been banned in India due to pesticide contamination, today. Any truth to this? I’m getting set to make the yellow lentil soup. I’ve only had brown lentils. I’m using zested lime instead of fresh curry leaves. I have to slow up on my purchases! I’m looking to organize as you have. I have quite the collection of spices, Chetna! I love your Moms kitchen & your old neighborhood. It reminds me of Jackson Heights, NY where I grew up, it has a higher Indian population & is lighted up all night long with food trucks & movies. If you know Indians who live in NYC, they know Jackson Heights!!!
I have a question about curry leaves. I was only able to get dry ones and they don't taste much of anything and also they are not very pleasant to find in a dish. So now I turned them into a powder. But how do I use them properly?
I would not waste money on dry curry leaves as they are a waste. I have never tried powder, try it in a dish with the other dry spices and see how it tastes.
@@FoodwithChetna Thanks. The powder has a stronger taste, but also not much, I was disappointed with it. I also do not know how it is supposed to taste :D
I purchase my curry leaves from the Indian produce store fresh ! Then I freeze 🥶 my leave in freezer zip lock bags sucking the air out with a straw! The leaves are fragrant and still tasty in foods!
Love the wall cupboard with the cookbooks n bowls n plants.. happy happy place :) I've recently set myself a plastic and teflon-free goal. Am slowly replacing all my plastic food saver boxes with glass ones and teflon pans with cast iron or stainless steel.
That was most unhelpful. Sorry. Good ideas, that, perhaps others might not have heard of, but I've been doing for years, but seriously? You are aware it says on the Ketchup bottle to 'refrigerate after opening', yours is on a shelf in the cupboard. I am aware it won't actually go bad, but to not mention why you don't refrigerate it is almost liable... otherwise, am enjoying the ideas for the foods you present... 🙂
@foodwithchetna What a awesome wall cupboard and color too😍👍🏾also nice video about storing spices
Thanks Esther
"It's spring time" --> August upload, hahaha.
I want to organize my spices as well so this is usefull, thanks :D
Yes reality of life!
So satisfying to see all those neatly organized spices! The jars are super charming as well! Thanks for the video, Chetna.
Thanks Yoshiko
I just love the fact that how beautiful you are as a person and the same essence is reflected in your kitchen. Wonderfully organised; quite inspiring :)
Thanks so much Ankita!
I can’t believe you did this video!!! Makes me so happy! Exactly what I needed!
After trying some of your recipes, I just had to buy your books. Could not find them in Montreal, so I turned to Amazon. Bought all four books, which will come to me from all around the world.
I got my spice box and, thanks to this video, I can fill my cupboards with all those magical flavours and be ready to start cooking when the books arrive.
I am so looking forward to fall and winter filled with all the warmth, flavour and joy your cooking brings.
Thank you so much for being you!
Kitchen organization can turn cooking from a chore to a pleasure. Bravo for your inspiration.
So true!
Yes, Chetna, put everything in glasses. Amazing spice collection, beautiful cupboards...thank you for letting us peak into your life. You are such a warm person, just like your mother (even though I don’t know you, I can feel the warmth in you and your family)! 😍🙋🏻♀️
Those cupboards looks lovely!!
Where can I get the spice containers and bowl that are on the thumbnail for this video? I tried searching on Amazon but I couldn't find a nice set like the one you have. Thanks!
This one is from India by 'Spice kitchen' does a good spice box too. You can check their website
Hi Chetna, such a huge collection of spices. I see that you have written more than 3 books? Are all of them available to buy?
Yes all available to buy!
Just when I think Chetna can’t come up with another vid I get excited about without watching she posts this wahooo !!! love it ! Xx
Yeah!
Wow you've done an amazing job,where did u get the machine to label ur jars??
Amazon
Best video ever! So helpful.
Thanks so much
@foodwithchetna: Is there a flavor difference between Indian bay leaves, and the leaves we're most familiar with here in Chicago?
Typical Indian kitchen with lots of spices , diversifying into other cooking as well increases the spice types much more. Amazing collection of sugar varieties! Feels like entering a store ;)
Wow, it's like a spice grocery store. I was given a gift of spices which included dried curry leaves, I didn't notice any in your collection, but see in your book chai, chat and chutney a recipe for curry leaf chutney, would this be fresh or dried leaves. Some of your recipes have jaggery in them, what is that?. Thankyou Chetna, look forward to the lentil video.
This is a beautiful video. Last night I made your jeera rice, sag alu and matar paneer. They were delicious. When you say « bay leaves » do you mean the English or Indian ones?
either is fine
There is one thing being creative and having a lot of wonderful ideas about food in the kitchen but also it is very important to keep it clean and tidy.
Love your glass jars filled with different spices and how you organize everything in your kitchen😊😀👍
Yes I agree and it is much easier and fun to cook when things are organised
Organisation makes me happy 😄 And labelling makes me extra happy. This all looks fantastic 👏🏽👏🏽 may I ask Where can I find dry bay leaves in Uk? I can only find fresh and they go off fast
Thank you 😊
dry bay leaves are available in every single supermarket in the uk
@@FoodwithChetna Thank you .. yes I found some but the jar is tiny. I was hoping you could tell me where I could buy in larger quantity.
That’s wonderful! Looks amazing 💜Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome!
This is a fantastic idea -- we had our kitchen remodeled last year, and despite our best efforts, things have started to spill and spread out. A bit of organization would do us a world of good :-) Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
I hope you can get your kitchen sorted soon!
Glass is always best to store things in. Thanks for this video showing how to make the change for better health and storage.
I love seeing other people's spice collections :D I think I have a few more than you! By black salt, do you mean kala namak? I always use it in savoury dishes, it hadn't occurred to me to put it on fruit!
Yes black salt
I’m soo impressed with all the arrangements of your spices, love it , don’t mind if I pinch some of your ideas, cheers, please keep it up in providing your lovely recipes, I love them and love you 😘😘❤️😍
Thanks Jenifer
love how you have organised your kitchen! so clean and beautiful!
How cute😍and well organised good job!!
Thanks Barbara
I've always wanted to see what you had in your masala dabba!
Yeah I thought so!
So nice video, chetna u have a whole spices very good. Love ur videos ❤️❤️
thanks Kamaljit!
Great spice selection. I threw all of my spices out when we moved as we were forced to live with the inlaws for a bit and space was limited. I'm now trying to build up my collection again. What are some must have spices? I had so many that I hardly ever used.
Also, I would love a recipe for the chicken salad you mention in the video when you talk about the mild curry powder.
Hi! the chicken salad recipe is in my book 'Chetnas healthy indian'. My basic spices would be the ones in the spice box, that is my basic I can't do without.
salt
chilli
ground coriander
garam masala
turmeric
mustard seeds
cumin seeds
black pepper
green cardamom
cinnamon
bay leaves
I think it really depends on what you cook.
I bet it smells amazing and it looks very tide i must arrange my cupboards it looks so good 👍
@@daverayman8865 Thanks Dave
Oh my I can relate so much! We probably have as many spices and it takes up so much space. And we aren't even Indian, but German 😅 We store everything in glass jars, too. Much love from a like-minded fan ❤
Well anyone can have these spices and more! so glad to hear you have a big collection, what do you cook with all those spices.
@@FoodwithChetna We cook everything that looks delicious on UA-cam or the internet 😀 We tidied out our cook books and left only our favourites, because nowadays one can find so many recipes on the internet. And when a recipe I want to try calls for spices we don't have, I'm prone to buying them 🙈 But I love our collection! We like to make German, Mediterranean, Indian and Chinese dishes a lot. For example I recently made the Quick Cumin Rice you made with your Mom and everybody loved it! Usually when I make white rice, there's rice left. But not this time! I think the spices got my family hooked 😄
I love your organization!! Please do the Dal, I can’t wait! I saw online some moor lentils have been banned in India due to pesticide contamination, today. Any truth to this? I’m getting set to make the yellow lentil soup. I’ve only had brown lentils. I’m using zested lime instead of fresh curry leaves. I have to slow up on my purchases! I’m looking to organize as you have. I have quite the collection of spices, Chetna! I love your Moms kitchen & your old neighborhood. It reminds me of Jackson Heights, NY where I grew up, it has a higher Indian population & is lighted up all night long with food trucks & movies. If you know Indians who live in NYC, they know Jackson Heights!!!
I want to learn how to use all of those spices one day :-)
Always love to know what's in your cuboard
Spice queen of the Universe !!!
❤️❤️❤️ my spice box
Hi chetna.Am frm Mauritius n i really love all your simple but vry delicoius recipes. Ur daughter is so cute.love u
Thanks a lot
I have a question about curry leaves. I was only able to get dry ones and they don't taste much of anything and also they are not very pleasant to find in a dish. So now I turned them into a powder. But how do I use them properly?
I would not waste money on dry curry leaves as they are a waste. I have never tried powder, try it in a dish with the other dry spices and see how it tastes.
@@FoodwithChetna Thanks. The powder has a stronger taste, but also not much, I was disappointed with it. I also do not know how it is supposed to taste :D
I purchase my curry leaves from the Indian produce store fresh ! Then I freeze 🥶 my leave in freezer zip lock bags sucking the air out with a straw! The leaves are fragrant and still tasty in foods!
do you have tandoori spice
Wonderful kitchen :)
Thanks
So amazing 😍 ! Wish i could get hold of let's say one fourth of the spices you have there , but I'll have to settle with the few I have hehehe.
We're glad we could help you cut down on plastics in your kitchen and store your spices :)
I was confused for a moment when you said Spring, I was like "I thought she lived in England!" Haha!
Well it is suing somewhere in the world!
Very inspiring! :)
Love the wall cupboard with the cookbooks n bowls n plants.. happy happy place :) I've recently set myself a plastic and teflon-free goal. Am slowly replacing all my plastic food saver boxes with glass ones and teflon pans with cast iron or stainless steel.
i think we all need to do our bit.
Do you know how to make Bhatura?
Yes, its in my cook book - easy indian vegetarian
@@FoodwithChetna Thank you.
Didn’t know that ‘Indian dalchini’ was cassia bark before this. Thank you.
Looking forward to the lentil video x
yes should be a good one
You need to re print coriander label, as you've spelled it wrong. 3.08. The n has been left out.
Why 2 jars of chilli flakes at 2.30 and 3.19?
Indian spices!!
yes
"gosh"
Very Marie Kondo
Good move in discarding plastics. 😇
Yes small steps
That was most unhelpful. Sorry. Good ideas, that, perhaps others might not have heard of, but I've been doing for years, but seriously? You are aware it says on the Ketchup bottle to 'refrigerate after opening', yours is on a shelf in the cupboard. I am aware it won't actually go bad, but to not mention why you don't refrigerate it is almost liable... otherwise, am enjoying the ideas for the foods you present... 🙂