Mortar and Pestle. Thai Granite ( Stone ) Mortar and Pestle

[tastepadthai]

Sawatdee Kha Khun MsPoppppp: When I make curry paste, I would cut / slice all the ingredients into small pieces. One of the hand cover over mortor, when the other hand pounding ingredients, (please wash hand imediately after finish it),. Making smooth curry paste, it's more like therapy, slowly, gently, pounding, and grinding. You smell the herbs, see how it transform. Smell good cooking food in the kitchen, make house like home. Enjoy cooking and eat well. Ma'am

[MsPoppppp]

Sawadee Kaa - I love my mortar and pestle and use it all the time - maybe you could upload a video about the best technique when making Thai curry paste in it? It takes a very long time and I find it hard to get it smooth but can't work out whether I should be pounding hard or using another motion! Also towards the end, the paste gets quite juicy and then often it sprays up into my eyes = lots of chilli, garlic and shallots in my eyes!! What am I doing wrong?!

[breesana]

I just bought my stone mortar and pestle in a Chiang Mai market, but I don't like the design on it! It is a great tool, though, and I use it all the time. Good for building muscles, too, it is so heavy!!! 555