Five pans that do most of the work

Kitchen shops want you to buy a set. In practice, five pans do almost all the cooking in a Pakistani home.

A heavy karahi for curries and frying, an iron tawa for roti and parathas, a deep pot for daal and rice, a small pan for tarka and a non-stick pan for eggs.

Spend money on the tawa and karahi. Everything else can be ordinary.

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