

I still remember, she used to give this list to a departmental store nearby my house and they do home delivery. My mom has been following list this since my childhood. Every month you may not need to buy all these items. It was very helpful for me to decide and buy the correct quantity of monthly groceries in a wholesale shop & then I altered the list based on our usage and availability. I do have a picture of my mom's list in my mobile.

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When I told this to my mom, she helped me by sharing this list & told to follow this list every time I go for monthly purchase. I used to run to a nearby provisional store after keeping the kadai on flame. I kept forgetting one or the other ingredients. But after 4 years, when I was left alone in the kitchen, I somehow managed to cook but I did not have any idea of how much quantity of rice and other groceries to purchase for one month. Myself and Sendhil just spent most of our time in office and we had no worries about our households. My lovable MIL used to take care of kitchen works and my ever caring FIL did all the household chores like monthly provision shopping ,vegetables, paying bills etc. When I was newly married, I was in a joint family with my in-laws. When I read that mail, I had a flashback of my life. You can use this checklist for your monthly shopping and grocery purchase. So I have given basic grocery items list in both PDF and Excel format as free download. Few weeks back I got a request from a newly wedded girl to help her by giving Indian monthly grocery items list for a small family of 2 to 4 persons (monthly shopping list for Indian family, maligai saman list in Tamil, Kirana list in Hindi).
