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Three Types of Pestle and Mortar
Granite - Clay - Hardwood

Granite Pestle and Mortar
Granite Pestle and Mortar - Curry pastes, a heavy stone (Granite) mortar and pestle, is the most effective; with this you can pound fibrous herbs and tough seeds to a fine paste very quickly. The pestle (Pounding baton) and the inside surface of the mortar (Bowl) are polished smooth, and are not porous. Both are and heavy, they do not chip and will last for years, even when subjected to vigorous daily use. But be careful not to drop the pestle as it will easily break in half.

Brown Clay Pestle and Mortar
The dark brown mortar comes in two different shapes – one deeper and more bowl-shaped, and the other with a noticeable moulded-in stand and a wider, denser rim around the top. Because both are tall and deep, they keep the juice from the wet ingredients from splashing everywhere and, when you've finished crushing them, the  remaining sauce ingredients can be added straight into the mortar and stirred with the pestle until the sauce is well Mixed.

Hard Wood
Pestle and Mortar
Wooden Pestle and Mortar - Pounding herbs and spices with a pestle and mortar releases the natural oils they contain, which give curry pastes and nam prik sauces a more intense flavour. This is even more important when preparing fibrous spices and herbs, such as lemon grass, galanga and kaffir lime peel; When processed in a blender, the resulting paste is less moist than when crushed in a pestle and mortar. Also, when these herbs are pounded together, their flavours meld into one, giving an extremely fragrant paste.


 

 

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