This cooking pot is called uruli in Malayalam. It was normally made of bronze and now is available in aluminum which was easier for me to carry. It is very useful for frying or making payasams. It has a large surface area and a wide open mouth. Look at the peculiar shape. I don’t know whether the shape has any significance.Made Avalos Podi in this. The large ones are now used for decorative purposes representing a small pond.
This is for Indira's Indian utensils series.
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Manisha said...
Inji Pennu, lovely pot!
My grandma had such pots in many sizes and they were all aluminium (hey! aluminium in India, aluminum in the US). The wide mouth allows for better handling of food that may swell up if fried; it holds heat better as it gets distributed across the bottom evenly; easier to stir and serve food if the mouth is wide. She had no special name for them. They were just 'bhandi' (vessels).
Although nothing has been proven yet, if possible avoid cooking highly acidic foods in aluminum.
Sun Aug 13, 12:44:00 AM 2006
RP said...
Hmmm....my husband wouldn't eat if I cook in an aluminium dish! and in non-stick pans!! I am only allowed to cook in heavy duty stainless steel cookware or cast iron cookware, (or clay pots which I don't have any. Actually I don't know how to handle this clay pots carefully. I break them very easily.) Back home, my parents and HIS parents use aluminium vessels though!
I like the shape of this uruli. My mom uses urulis for making dry vegetable dishes etc. She gave me a stainless steel uruli once. I lost it somewhere during a move. Maybe I will get one more during my next visit to India. :)
Sun Aug 13, 11:24:00 AM 2006
Immigrant in Canada said...
"parali urutti urliyil ittal uruli urulumo atho parali urulumo"
the above sentence was taught by akkachi, when I came to Kerala, because I have the Chinese lisp and can't pronounce letter R( I would say olange for orange)..U reminded me of Akkachi again!
Sun Aug 13, 11:59:00 AM 2006
indianadoc said...
U managed to bring this Uruli from India?...Back home my mom has a big collection of traditional vessels...though the bronze ones are heavier they are really great, especially when it comes to cooking large quantities..Back home often we are advised not to use Al vessels especially for making curries which use acidic ingredients....but of course for flour roasting etc I think they are still good.
Sun Aug 13, 12:58:00 PM 2006
Indira said...
Dear InjiPennu:
Thanks for contributing to "Indian Kitchen" series.
Lovely pot and shape. Yes, we also have and use same type of Aluminum vessels for cooking back at our home in India. They are used mainly for cooking gravy curries and meat in our part of the world. We also use bronze type vessels, but they are out of style now, but my grandparents still uses bronze vessels for cooking and they have a big collection in all shapes and sizes.
Recently I purchased one big aluminum pot to prepare sweets like pala kova (milk peda/doodh peda), Burfis (cashew and almond) etc from Subji mandi, NJ. It's restaurant quality, very thick pot with wide bottom, convenient to prepare our kind of sweets in a jiffy. Aluminum pans and pots are also popular with restaurants here in US and they often use thick, industrial quality for cooking.
Sun Aug 13, 04:55:00 PM 2006
Priya Bhaskaran said...
Hi Ingi Pennu, your aluminium Uruli looks nice. Even I got bronze Uruli this time when I came back from India. My mom has Uruli collection at home, everytime she visit guruvayoor there is a purchase of Uruli in her list:)She use uruli as a decorative purpose, everyday morning she changes the water and add flowers to it- she places in front of the house:) Nowdays Uruli is popular in jewelry shops like Kalyan, pavizham, and Allukas... the first thing you will see is the Uruli in these shops:) My mom also makes payasam in this:)
Sun Aug 13, 10:50:00 PM 2006
Krithika said...
Your uruli looks really nice. I have been eyeing my mother's bronze uruli. She says I need to be very careful as it can crack if I accidentally drop it.
Mon Aug 14, 07:47:00 AM 2006
Saffron said...
Hey Ginger Girl!!
lovely pot. I have some brass urulis that I picked up from the famous AKP store in Cochin. I use them only for serving and other decorative purposes..i.e floating candles and flowers :-)
cheers!
Mon Aug 14, 12:44:00 PM 2006
renuramanath said...
injee, thanks for the comment in my blog. that's a lovely uruli. i don't think there's any problem with cooking in good quality aluminium vessels. only that the metal should be of good quality and heavy, that's what i've heard here.
however, urulis are best in bronze. in kochi, we still don't have an uruli. but back home, my parents still occasionally use the old heavy uruli. they also have a smaller one.
Mon Aug 14, 04:51:00 PM 2006
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