Tea bag /Herbal Tea Strainer!

If your folks are one of those who like to pick things on their plate and have trouble ignoring tiny cloves or whole black pepper or bay leaf  etc then this post is here for your help. In some dishes, you can simple grind whole spices but some dishes don't allow you to do so for that matter, we do have an option of making a pouch(made of muslin cloth preferably) of spices and pop it in the pan and once lets say yakhni is done, you throw that pouch out in the bin. But you don't always have a clean muslin cloth available and sometimes that pouch can leak and you end up having all the garam masala scattered in the dish.All of this had happened with me and i always used to dread looking for muslin cloth while making yakhni n stuff, this used to be my least favorite part.

One day while browsing internet, i found this little strainer which can be used for multiple purpose and i was so happy to find it that i thought this must be shared with those who don't know about it because i have not seen anyone use it around me.This is actually a tea bag/herbal tea strainer but i do not have any trouble with squeezing teabag with a spoon , my husband likes to drink qehwa and i would give him tea along with herbs ( dont call me pohar, i did not have strainer) anyway,in one of the pictures i saw some one had put dried spices as well which gave me an idea to replace it with the muslin cloth pouch. 

Soooo if you are a desi who uses a lot of spice in your cooking and your husband or kid or brother (usually they are the fussy ones) find it hard to pick things out of their yummy pulao or qorma then use this beauty and give them no reason to fuss about

 

There are basically three sizes available: small, medium and large. I thought small would be okay if you want to use it specifically for milk tea or herbal  tea but since i wanted to use it for contain spices to put it in the pot or pan so i got myself medium sized which is perfect for our desi cooking. You put whatever spices you want to use like i did in the picture above and then

You just lock the strainer and pop it in the pot or you can hang it with this chain. I do it the former way and when the job is done, you can simply take this strainer out, throw the content in the bin and wash it with washing liquid and water,easy peasy.

I found it on ebay for about 3 pounds(yep very cheap). I am sure, Pakistan/india will have something of this sort in the crockery or cooking utensil shops. 

Now find yours and make your cooking easy.