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<br>I'm a great lover of Thai-fashion curries like Phat Phrik Khing and Khao Soi, and via the years we've discovered that the best strategy to get flavor out of your aromatics is by pounding them with a mortar and pestle. That is true whether you're making a curry paste, a pesto, or even the taste base for guacamole or salsas. The mortar and pestle is one of the most-used pieces of gear in my kitchen. Rather a lot of oldsters ask me if they will skip the mortar and pestle through the use of the electrical [Wood Ranger Power Shears manual](http://shinhwaspodium.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=4371162) of a food processor. Well, you possibly can, but you lose taste. Similar to a blender, a food processor shears and shreds the substances, [Wood Ranger Power Shears official site](http://bt-13.com/index.php/Elton_John_And_Jake_Shears%E2%80%99_%E2%80%98Tammy_Faye%E2%80%99_Broadway_Musical_To_Close_Weeks_After_Opening) tearing apart and breaking down vegetables, but not essentially rupturing all of their cells to launch aromatic compounds. A mortar and pestle, then again, does an incredible job of really crushing particular person cells, producing a curry paste with a lot better flavor. On the other hand, it's a lot easier to get a clean texture with a meals processor.<br>
<br>I wondered if perhaps combining the 2 might give me the better of each worlds: good taste with smooth texture and minimal effort. Using only a meals processor. I timed how lengthy each method took, then tasted the ultimate results. So far as ease of production goes, the food processor wins by a protracted shot. It could actually scale back a pile of contemporary and dried aromatics to a smooth curry paste in just a few minutes, requiring only some scrapes with a rubber spatula during the process. By contrast, making a curry paste 100% with a mortar and pestle, as I've suggested previously, is a way more laborious course of that usually takes at least 5 to 10 minutes, but can take much longer with a smaller mortar and pestle or a paste-pounder who isn't 100% invested in the process. For the mixed strategies, I employed a one-minute pounding session along with two minutes inside the food processor. Flavorwise, there were some clear differences. As anticipated, the paste formed 100% in the meals processor had the least developed taste. Of the 2 combinations, the one which I began within the meals processor and finished by pounding was almost indistinguishable from the one which was made 100% in the meals processor. Once those aromatics are damaged down and in a semi-liquid suspension, it is onerous to get them to crush beneath the pestle. They end up just squishing out to the sides. But the model I began with the mortar and pestle and finished in the meals processor? That was the one! The taste was almost-but-not-quite nearly as good as utilizing a mortar and pestle alone (I acquired loads of cell breakdown throughout the pounding part), however the benefit in effort and time was super.<br>
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