How to pack Indian kitchen stuff in 23 KG Bag

Arundhati,

I am not sure for other items but cooker i guess we get on almost similar price here. I bought Hawkins 3.5 lt in Amazon for $32 and i guess prize in india for same is around 1500 INR. And cooker will take more place than other items

 

the 10 listed items comes around 25 kgs. and the dresses it depends on how much you bring. I too brought more than this when I came to US

 

You'll have 4 checked bags. You can bring as much stuff as you wish. My son and I just came back and we carried only 2 checked and 1 carry on (although we could take 2 check-in each and 1 carry on each). I'd have carried only one checked bag but the gifts for family + chocolates and other edibles were too heavy to be packed in one bag. I brought back 2 rugs (quite heavy, at least 7 lbs each), several handicraft items that my parents bought for us from their travels (again 2-3 were in a range of 5 lbs) and desserts that my mom made for us ( again a few kilos) that my husband and some of our friends die for. I also bought Indian salwar kameez, sarees and outfits for my son. I didn't take very many outfits for myself because I've several pairs at my parent's place and I took a week worth of clothes for my son. I packed all that in our carry on except one heavy jacket for him. My checked bags were empty as we gave all the presents and used my son's diapers and baby food. 46 kg is a lot of weight. You can really bring 2 sets of all that you've mentioned (I assume Appe mould and murukku maker aren't too heavy as I've no idea what those things are).
Have fun in India!

 

Wow never thought of Amazon for Hawkins pressure cooker...thanks for the tip

 

As another OP pointed out, you could get more stuff.

Some airlines, allow more than 1 check-in baggage for free. Check what yours offer in their website.

As much as possible limit Jeans from US, as that is the heaviest piece of clothes. Also take very minimal clothing from US to India, as anyway you are planning to buy more there. You could even use them there, and then pack for US.

You can pretty much get all you listed and more. If in doubt, you could also use them in carton / packing boxes. Suitcase weight around 3 Kg, so to avoid wastage, we used packing boxes from India to US. We had 2 suitcases for check-in & 2 boxes for check-in.

 

I always liked the bed sheets from US. They come as correct size for the bed we will be using and I often buy flat sheets for my mom.

 

Even if you have the space avoid bringing the pressure cooker and buy it on Amazon. For some reason maybe becos of Boston I dont know actually exactly why but they always open the suitcase which contains the cooker. It happened to me and a friend of mine (separately). My friend recd her suitcase after the flight and the separate suitacse lock and some items inside (small items) were missing. My suitcase nothing was missing but there was note inside which said 'inspected by <name of airline>'. Thats how I came to know they had opened my suitcase. Both these happened within last 1 year.