Cooking For Engineers

[Jim Cooley]

Made an Indian curry last night and instead of grinding the spices into a smooth paste, which is what I SHOULD have done, I just ran them through the blender.

The result was grainy and gross.

I don't have a grinding stone or a pestle or a metate or whatever you call those things.

Any idea for achieving a better result next time?

[kgb1001001]

First heard about the trick on Alton Brown's Good Eats, but it works -- you don't need a super expensive one either; a middle of the road coffee grinder that can grind down to an espresso grind will render your spices into a fine powder.