breads like pooris and making fried
snacks like samosas.
- ROLLING PIN: Have one handy for
rolling out traditional Indian flatbreads
such as rotis and paranthas. I also use
my rolling pin to loosen pomegranate
seeds and to grind roasted cumin seeds
when I don’t feel like pulling out my
spice grinder.
SERRATED PEELER: Tammy Brawley,
the culinary director of a Sur La Table
store in Richmond, Virginia,
demonstrated this amazing device to me.
I was teaching a class and needed to
peel a tomato. I was about to boil water
and do it the traditional way, when she
pulled out a serrated peeler. The jagged
