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Posted on 26 Sep 2020

15 Products You Need If Cooking Is Not Your Strong Suit

You can’t be good at everything 🤷🏽‍♀️

by Swapna

BuzzFeed Staff

1. This microwave rice cooker so you don’t hover over the stove every two minutes when you cook rice to check if you’ve accidentally burnt it - ₹499

2. This instant pot that’s going to be your new BFF in the kitchen. It can sauté, slow cook, steam and pressure cook all kinds of meals with a click of a button, and you’ll end up with lesser dishes to clean up after! - ₹9,490

3. This set of measuring cups so you can sort all the ingredients and measurments out before you start and make the cooking experience less stressful - ₹299

Flour being measured with the measuring cup.

4. This electric egg boiler that solves your ‘what’s for breakfast?’ problem in a matter of minutes - ₹390

5. Or these easy to use silicone egg poaching moulds if you like your eggs with a twist - ₹399 for a set of 2

6. This pasta measuring tool so that you accurately measure your portions and don’t end up cooking more than you really need - ₹1,680

Person measuring a serving of spaghetti with the pasta measuring tool.

7. This vegetable slicer set so you don’t have to spend unnecessary time crying while you slice onions - ₹449

8. Or this veggie chopper that does most of the prep work for you in the kitchen. It’s an absolute favourite among BFI readers AND has over 50,000 reviews on Amazon - ₹249

Some slices of tomatoes and chillies before they are chopped.

Finely cut tomatoes and chillies after they were cut in the chopper.

9. This tablet holder that makes following YouTube videos and recipes when you cook so much more convenient - ₹699

A woman watching something on her tablet attached to the stand, while sipping on a beverage.

10. This panini grill that makes cooking restaurant-style sandwiches at home easy-peasy, especially if you’ve been missing eating at restaurants during the lockdown - ₹1,399

11. This ‘I don’t know how to cook’ cookbook that seems perfect for any novice kitchen enthusiast - ₹200

12. These silicone mitts that are much easier to wear and clean that normal oven mitts - ₹289 for a set of 2

Person taking a hot pot off the stove with the silicone mitts.

13. This kitchen timer so you don’t forget about your food and burn it while you’re engrossed in your latest Netflix binge - ₹549

14. This flexible silicone spatula that makes flipping food on the pan a lot easier (yes, we’re looking at you dosas and omelettes!!) - ₹349

15. Speaking of food you need to flip, making pancakes just became so much easier with this batter-dispenser that lets you evenly dispense equal portions of batter - ₹1,789

A plate of pancakes next to the batter dispenser.