Thailand Granite Mortar And Pestle

The stone mortar pestle was used to grind food as well as medicine.

Thailand granite mortar and pestle.

The thai pestle is long enough to spare knuckles photos show my 6ft son grasping them both. Made in thailand of carved granite this durable high quality product is an important tool for thai cooking as well as around the world. The pestle and the inside surface of the mortar are polished smooth and are not rough coarse or porous like. Won t chip or crack.

The weight is great until you are trying to get the crushed spices out. For making curry pastes a heavy stone mortar and pestle carved out of granite is the most efficient. Granite pestle and mortar 6 inch most thai food chefs will tell you that the mortar and pestle is probably the most important kitchen utensil in thai cooking. Filled to the brim with water the thai mortar holds 6 cups bb holds 2 5.

Thai mortar 18 1 lbs pestle 2 2lbs compared to bb s 6 4lbs and 1 4 lbs. Extra large granite mortar and pestle 8 imported from thailand. A wok a wok spatula a small cooking pot with lid a sharp cleaver a rice spoon for serving and a wooden cutting board. 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 mortar and pestle is considered to be necessary cooking equipment in thailand. It can reduce fibrous herbs and hard seeds in no time. 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 indisp. Each mortar is cut from a solid granite rock and carefully carved by hand.

Jamie oliver mortar and pestle unpolished granite 6 inch dkb. The mortar and pestle. The other essential implements for preparing food in a thai kitchen are very few. In thailand there are several different kinds suited for particular purposes.

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. Silicone lid mat and spoon laevo group. 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.