One of the rituals which I always follow on my trip to Kerala is to stop by some small co-operative self help group stores along the highway and go through all the products that they have. I am always on the look out small articles which I can pick up for my Mumbai friends. Thanks to this ritual the wonderful pappadakol (which is very common Kitchen cutlery in Kerala) found its way to Thane and through me to a whole lot of my friends, customers and well wishers. And guess what! None of them had seen something like this in the past. They all found, the material (which is the trunk of the coconut tree and its architecture very amazing what all liked the most is the name so my first task was to break up the name for them. Pappad - which of course every one understood and 'kol which no ' one understood kol means stick in Malayalam. The second task was to explain how one could fry pappad with it! Each and every one of them were excited with the pappadakol.. A friend of mine immediately decided to gift these pappadakols to her fellow participants in the cookery contest she had participated in.. But what fascinated me the also the most and is main basis of this article is the many uses that my friends found for this new entry.
A friend of mine used to it make small kababs fo her ' punglie'recepie she also used it to remove not yam pieces from hot water. Another friend of mine used it to turn appapms still another found that she to had decided carry it with her as a weapon of self defence I because of its pointed and sharp tip. Yet another one said that her traditional pappads are very thin and roasting these in the gas had become very for her now. My husband too found a very interesting use of this instrument. The other day the window pin had fallen in the grill and he need something long and slender to remove it The answer was of course the pappadakol.
I wish to extend my gratitude the person who invented this but insbument and the stores who sold this wonderful product. So like my friend Anjana puts it " Thank you for this pappadkol."
A friend of mine used to it make small kababs fo her ' punglie'recepie she also used it to remove not yam pieces from hot water. Another friend of mine used it to turn appapms still another found that she to had decided carry it with her as a weapon of self defence I because of its pointed and sharp tip. Yet another one said that her traditional pappads are very thin and roasting these in the gas had become very for her now. My husband too found a very interesting use of this instrument. The other day the window pin had fallen in the grill and he need something long and slender to remove it The answer was of course the pappadakol.
I wish to extend my gratitude the person who invented this but insbument and the stores who sold this wonderful product. So like my friend Anjana puts it " Thank you for this pappadkol."