Angithi

An angithi (Hindustani: अंगीठी or انگیٹھی) is a traditional brazier used for space-heating and cooking in the northern areas of South Asia, mainly in India, Pakistan and Nepal.[1] Angithis usually generate heat from burning coal and, when in use, have glowing coal or charcoal pieces but few or no flames.[2]

  1. ^ Flora Annie Steel; Grace Gardiner; Ralph Crane (4 March 2010), The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-955014-2, ... angethi/angithi a brazier-like stove ...
  2. ^ AK Srivastva, Chemistry, FK Publications, ISBN 978-81-88597-02-4, ... you will observe the coal or charcoal in an 'angithi' sometimes just glows red and gives out heat without a flame. It is a flame is only produced when gaseous substances burn ...