21+ Best Kitchen Essentials In 2021

This post is all about kitchen essentials that can help one in organising their kitchen with all the right products.

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Kitchen can be the most messy place in a house if not taken care properly. To set it up nicely and practically, you need right kitchen products so that when you are in your kitchen for cooking something, you have all the necessary essentials in place that can help you in cooking faster and smartly.

Here are my 21+ kitchen essentials that I am sure will help you too while you are in your kitchen.

1. Kitchen Knife

The stainless steel blade of this knife has sharp edges which is perfect for chopping, slicing and mincing veggies and meat. The holding handle gives you a stable and comfortable grip.

2. Chopping Board

This high quality bamboo board is perfect for cutting veggies and meat on it. The fine finish of the wood makes it look super nice in your kitchen. It is absolutely durable and is completely toxin free which makes it very eco-friendly. You can easily cut your veggies and meat on it. You can use it from both the side. It has a handle too, which gives you a comfort of hanging it on any suitable kitchen wall. The extra large size of this board gives you enough space to cut even your large size food items like bottle gourd, watermelon very comfortably.

3. Vegetable Cutter

This prestige veggie cutter is a perfect choice for people who want to save time cutting and chopping veggies while cooking. It is ideal for cutting and chopping daily food items like onions, garlic, ginger, nuts as well as cooked meat. You can cut your food in fine or medium size easily with no time. I personally call it my “Magic vegetable cutter”. My mother-in-law suggested me to buy it. It’s her favourite too!

4. Vegetable Peeler

This high quality premium food grade stainless steel vegetable peeler is good enough for peeling all kind of vegetables. It has a sharp head and nice handle with secure and comfortable grip. You can easily hang it on your kitchen rack. I personally use it for peeling cucumber and carrot every single day:)

5. Grater

This 4 sided grater is perfect for grating large quantity veggies. It is very effective and durable. I mostly use it to grate carrots to make “Gajar Ka Haluaa” and slicing potatoes.

6. Small Grater

This small baby grater is perfect for grating small food items like garlic, ginger and cheese. I use it daily for grating ginger to make my morning and evening tea:)

7. Potato Masher

This masher is ideal for mashing potatoes and pressing parathas. It is made up of high quality stainless steel and has a nice wood handle for comfortable grip. I generally use it to mash potatoes for making Pav Bhaji:)

8. Whisk

This balloon loops wire with handle whisk is perfect for mixing/whisking eggs, coffee, milk, curd, making cake batter, making creams or churning milk shake, lassi, butter milk etc. The steel balloon wire can be cleaned easily in no time. It’s balloon wire and narrow shape are perfect for whisking your food items in a small bowl or any small container.

9. Measuring Cups

I think measuring cups are important when it comes to baking. I personally use them while baking cakes. It is also very helpful in measuring quantities of different items while following any recipes in an accurate manner. It comes with 4 different size cups and 4 different size spoons.

10. Mixing Bowl

These borosilicate round mixing bowl are perfect for multi-purpose use. You can use it to mix anything from salad to making cake batter. Since they are borosilicate glass, they don’t break or shatter easily. You can even use them to store food in fridge or for heating or reheating food in microwave. The best part about them is that they look super neat and you can clean them very easily.

11. Lemon Presser

This high quality stainless steel lemon presser helps you in squeezing all the juice from lemons and other citrus fruits. I use it daily for sprinkling lemon juice on curries and on salads:)

12. Can Opener

This stainless steel can opener is perfect for opening bottle cap and opening can. It stays rust free even after frequent washes. It is durable and easy to use. I generally use it to open beer bottles 🙂

13. Citrus Juicer

This citrus juicer is perfect for making quick citrus fruit juices. It’s compact form makes it easy to use on an everyday basis.

14. Colander strainer

This large colander strainer is a must have kitchen essential. It can be used for washing various food items. The holes at the bottom of the container allow the water to drain out properly. I use it on a daily basis for washing vegetables, rice and pulses.

15. Tong

This cooking tong are perfect for multi-purpose use. It is made up of high quality stainless steel. The handle has a silicon coating which ensures good grip. It has heat resistance and anti rust properties. It can be washed easily and is quite durable.

16. Frying Skimmer

This fry skimmer is perfect for frying your favourite food items like fish, French fries, vegetables and meat. The long handles protect your hands while cooking your food in hot oil. The handle gives you a good grip to hold it for long.

17. Silicon Spoons

This spoon set of 11 is perfect choice for people who cook their food mostly in non stick pans. It can easily withstand high temperature. It is water proof and has anti rust properties. It is made with high quality silicone and is highly durable. This set is more than enough for your daily cooking.

18. Stone Crusher

This stone crusher is perfect for crushing spices, making ginger garlic paste. It helps you in giving real flavour of the spices and veggies. I use it generally for making rich ginger garlic paste for my veg and non-veg special recipes:)

19. Kitchen Oil Bottle

This oil dispenser bottle is perfect for pouring oil in a pan while cooking. It has simple and convenient design. I specially love its nozzle as it becomes super easy to pour oil in the pan in an accurate manner. Refilling oil and cleaning it becomes very easy as well because of its compact design.

20. In-Sink Dish Drainer

This stainless steel big dish drainer is ideal for keeping just washed utensils. It’s plastic coated handles gives you perfect grip for holding it. It is durable and can be cleaned easily.

21. Kitchen Towel

These premium kitchen towels are perfect for cleaning your kitchen platforms and keeping your kitchen clean. It can be used for wiping wet utensils as well. They are washable and reusable, which is a great deal!

22. Aluminium Foil

This aluminium foil is hygienically safe for wrapping, storing, covering, sealing, baking or grilling food items. I generally keep them in stock as I use it quite frequently for wrapping and storing my food items.

23. Cookware Set

This cookware set is made using German technology. It is any time better than ordinary non stick cookware. You can even use metal spoon on it. It can be used on both gas and induction. It is highly durable and easily washable.

24. Grill Pan

This high quality grill pan is perfect for grilling veg and non veg food items like paneer, soya chap, potatoes, fish, chicken etc. It almost give you that barbeque flavour of the food. Food items don’t stick on it because of its non stick property.

25. Kitchen Masala Box

This masala box can easily store 9 different types of spices/refreshments. It looks absolutely classy in your kitchen because of its wooden finish. Make sure to clean it once in a while with dry cloth only. Don’t wash it with water or wet wipes to clean it.

Conclusion:

These 21+ kitchen essentials will surely help you in setting up your entire kitchen space with all the right products. I have recommended only those products that are being used by me and as per my experience so far, not even one single product out of the above list has given me any kind of disappointment. I hope that the above list will help you too in setting up your kitchen in the most practical and functional way possible.

So, tell me now what all items did you like the most and you are thinking of buying? Do let me know in the comment section, I would love to hear from you.