How many times do you tell your mum that you love her? Certainly not enough to match the number of times she changed your diapers. No matter the religion, colour, caste or creed, the nurturing love of a mother is as universal, selfless and endless as the blue sky.

The UAE witnesses Mother’s Day on March 21st every year and March 26th is Mothering Sunday in the UK. Plus, countries like Canada celebrate in May, so basically, the beginning of every year is pretty much dedicated to mums across the world.

Everyone will have an opinion on what is essential to them in their kitchens, those things that make cooking and preparing food easy.

Kitchen essentials depend on the type of cook that you are, if you are a health fanatic then a lemon squeezer might be a kitchen essential for you; so that dressing salads will be easier.... If you are an Indian cook extraordinaire than a great spice rack is what you require.

Here is our take on the top ten kitchen essentials that should be in every kitchen.