Tin Lined Brass Saucepan, 1 kg

Name: Tin Lined Brass Saucepan, 1 kg
Brand: PEETAL PARAMPARA
SKU: PP-BR-DIN-SAU-020
Price: 2299.0 INR
Availability: InStock

A brass saucepan lined in tin to the rim, with a rod handle in a black grip.

Rs. 2,299.00

Price includes GST.

Weight: 1,000g

Material: Brass, unlacquered outside
Finish: Polished
Lining: Tin lined inside and over the flange rim (kalai)
Handle: One metal rod riveted through the wall, sleeved in a black grip
In the box: 1 brass saucepan

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Each piece is shaped and finished by hand, so small differences in weight, size, finish and surface marking are normal and no two are identical. Colour on screen can differ from the metal in daylight. Handmade in India.

The tin does not stop at the rim. It carries out over the wide flat flange that rings the mouth, so the whole top face reads matte grey while the wall below stays gold. The handle is not brass. It is a plain rod riveted through the wall, with the bright rivet head sitting inside the pan just under the flange, sleeved in a black grip and finished with a small ball at the end. The pan has no lid and no pouring lip.

Technique

Tin Lined

What is it?

A saucepan is the deep straight-sided pan with one handle that stands on a small flame for milk, chai and a cup or two of dal, and kalai is the tin skin wiped over the inside of a brass one.

Also known as a tapeli, pateli, milk pan, kalai pan or peetal tea pan.

What is in the box?

1 brass saucepan

How do I look after it?

The silver lining inside is kalai — a thin coat of tin, applied by hand over heat by a tinsmith called a kalaiwala. Brass reacts with sour food; the kalai is the barrier between the two.
Kalai is not permanent. With regular cooking it wears through in roughly 12 to 15 months — sooner on a high flame, later on a vessel used only for storage or ghee. When brass starts showing through the silver, it is time to have it redone. The vessel itself will outlast you; the coating is a service item, like re-soling a shoe.
Getting it redone: any local kalaiwala can do it, usually for a small charge, usually the same day.
Cook on a low to medium flame. High heat is what strips kalai fastest.
Use wooden or silicone tools. Steel spatulas scratch tin.
Wash by hand with mild soap and a soft sponge, and dry immediately. Never scour the inside.
Clean the outside brass with lemon and salt or tamarind. Keep abrasives off the tinned inside.

How was it made?

Tin Lined

Handmade in India

Every piece finished by hand

Solid metal

No plating, nothing to chip

Weighed and listed

In grams, on almost every page

Tin lining stated

Where a vessel is lined, we say so

Questions about this piece

Is this brass solid or plated?

Solid. The grey inside is tin wiped over brass, not a plating over base metal, and a kilogram in a pan this size is more brass than any plated shell of the same width would carry.

Will it look exactly like the photograph?

Close, but not identical. Kalai is wiped on by hand, so the grey lies in slightly different clouds in every pan, and the brass outside will warm and darken from the day it arrives.

Is it tin lined?

Yes, and the tin runs out over the flange at the rim as well as down the wall. Tin is soft and wears thin where a ladle rubs, so a pan in daily use goes back to a kalaiwala every year or two.

Can I keep curd, lemon or pickle in it?

Cook them, do not store them. A sour gravy on the flame is what the tin is there for, but curd or achar left standing overnight works at the coat and then at the brass beneath it.

Can I put it in the dishwasher?

Hand wash only. Dishwasher heat and salts take tin off faster than anything else in a kitchen, and the black grip is not made for that heat either. Warm water and a soft sponge, no steel scrubber.

Is the handle brass too?

No. It is a plain metal rod riveted through the wall and sleeved in a black grip, which is why it photographs silver against the gold pan. That sleeve is the part that keeps a bare hand off hot metal.