Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

quintessential tool in the Indian kitchen.
It’s a round stainless steel container with
seven small, round stainless steel
containers inside. Each small container
holds a single essential spice and can be
removed so that you can measure out its
spice right into any dish you are making.
While I was testing recipes for my
first book, I grew increasingly frustrated
that most traditional masala dabbas did
not allow the user to level a teaspoon,
tablespoon, or any other measuring
spoon directly in the container. I knew
this was an opportunity, so I traveled to
India and found a manufacturer for my
very own patent-pending design—an
updated version of the traditional
masala dabba with standard measuring