Mortar and Pestle: A most sustainable kitchen tool
A mortar and pestle is a handy kitchen tool that helps us to grind solid ingredients of food. People know the use of this hand tool since the Stone Age. Now you can find many more replacements for the aforesaid grinding tool. But certain charm and spontaneity still attract us to keep it in our kitchen for sure.
There are Artisans in the Ang Sila village of Chonburi, Thailand who are proficient in making granite and stone mortar and pestle. Each Krok product is made with special attention and care. The KROK Mortars and Pestles are the symbols of experience and mastery.
Spices are loaded with numerous health benefits like getting rid of skin inflammation, maintaining low cholesterol levels, dealing with skin disorders, and treating diarrhea. We can make the best of it when it is used freshly grounded. There is no other tool than a mortar and pestle which keep the spices at their best after going through the process of grinding. The reason being, this tool does its job with far less bruising to herbs while the advanced electrical grinding tools generate heat through friction which spoils the nutritive value of the spices.
Another advantage of using a mortar and pestle in the kitchen is its portability. You can move it and take it anywhere as it is quite small in size. Accompanied with that the tool is long-lasting and nonporous.
If you turn back and have a look at history, you can come to know that archeologists have found ancient mortars and pestles in Southwest Asia approximately 35000 BC. There is evidence that the tool has been used by Kebaran from 22000 to 18000 BC to crush grains and other plant material.
It is better to pick marble and granite mortars and pestles as they are long-lasting and nonporous. Apart from that, it provides a very hard base for grinding seeds, spices, and nuts.
You can easily take every speck of spice from the bowl without losing any crevices or cracks.
With the help of this handy tool, you can do crushing and grinding very quickly with a little effort. You can keep it on your kitchen countertop and use it for crushing ginger and garlic for curry paste, make fresh spices power, and can crush solid spices as and when required. The handy tool is more accessible than an electric processor when it is kept on your kitchen top.
You can get mortar and pestle sets easily in the market. It comes in a variety of materials like starting from stainless steel to marble, and granite. You can pick one as per your requirement and suitability.
The essential tool declined in popularity after the advent of food processors and many more advanced electrical grinding devices. But now people got to know the significance of it and again mortar and pestle are back in demand.
Invest some time and find the best styles of mortar and pestle available in the market. Recently there has been an increasing inclination towards the simple and sustainable lifestyle, a return to past practices.
