Thai Granite Mortar And Pestle From Import Food

The weight is great until you are trying to get the crushed spices out.

Thai granite mortar and pestle from import food.

The other essential implements for preparing food in a thai kitchen are very few. The mortar and pestle is considered to be necessary cooking equipment in thailand. In my tests the thai mortar and pestle yielded a slightly stringier pesto than its mediterranean counterpart though the results were still good and much better. Filled to the brim with water the thai mortar holds 6 cups bb holds 2 5.

The 6 offers the same great performance of a heavy pestle and extremely hard stone to pound in and it s more. Fine cooking voted the thai granite mortar and pestle from import food as the favorite from their experiment. It is a solid hand carved piece of equipment that fine cooking says excelled at a range of tasks from mashing delicate herbs to grinding stubborn peppercorns. The mortar and pestle.

This extra large granite mortar and pestle was featured in food network magazine and italian cooking living la cucina italiana. Brief history of the thai granite mortar and pestle the thai stone mortar and pestle dates back hundreds of years some say it all started in sukhothai where the first thai kingdom was founded in the 13th century ad. This beautiful granite mortar and pestle is ready for many and varied cooking tasks both thai and international cuisines and with nearly double the bowl size of the 7 mortar pestle and always. If you find chalk in the bowl from the machining process season with white rice before using.

The granite pestle head is fairly large but not quite large enough to break down tender basil s more delicate fibers as quickly and effectively as the mediterranean wooden pestle. This sturdy stone thai mortar and pestle called krok hin in the thai language dates back to the sukhothai period the first thai kingdom founded in 1238 when it was one of the few cooking tools used to prepare meals. The stone mortar pestle was used to grind food as well as medicine. Extra large granite mortar and pestle 8 imported from thailand.

The thai meal consisted of four basic food preparations tom yaang. The thai pestle is long enough to spare knuckles photos show my 6ft son grasping them both. Simply pour in some dry white rice and grind until powdery. 8 1 2 inch polished natural stone granite mortar and pestle by casa maria.

If you are serious about preparing thai food favorites such as red curry using a homemade curry paste or papaya salad som tum the mortar and pestle is indispensable. Thai mortar 18 1 lbs pestle 2 2lbs compared to bb s 6 4lbs and 1 4 lbs. Discard the rice and repeat until chalk free then rinse with warm water and dry. Granite pestle and mortar 6 inch.