Grinding Indian Spices: Will the Blendtec - grind Indian spices to a smooth paste - with coconut added?
332553
Yes. We made coconut chutney and "puli thogayal" just by pressing pulse button. Surprised to see the real paste, in less than a minute - we are happy we made the correct decision of buying this product. We were using Osterizer and Priya blenders, but they are no match for this blender, despite the fact that this blender costs about 10 times the cost of Oster.
450050
No grinding spices unless they were small and hard (like pepper). Nothing 1 or 2 inches would make it inside the grinding opening. The beans have to make several turns before they drop into the grinding area. Great for coffee beans and it would work for peppercorns but I don't see how it could work for something like cinnamon or nutmeg.
1119237
This product is not a fine grind. It does works well for hair. It will clog henna cone, it needs to be put it in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestal.
1596186
It will work fine as a spice grinder as long as you don't try to grind hard spices such as nutmeg or cinnamon. The top half of the grinding bowl is plastic and will break.
1968161
Yes I course grind pepper and fine grind oregano. You have to keep an eye on the amount of time you grind, there are no settings for course or fine.
2029292
Cinnamon comes in either a stick form or powder.i do not believe it will grind the stick form
1584527
This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge no one has ever used it for dry grinding. This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge... » Read More This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge no one has ever used it for dry grinding. « Show Less
669010
I do not know. The coconut four I have from Nutiva is very fine, and perhaps that might be the "powder". Some alternative flours are more coarse, like my almond flour is not fine like a powder. But to be honest, I really don't know.
1100356
Hello, Thank you for your email. Normally the Country Living Mill will not grind spices because of their oil content and sometimes they are to fibrous. If you would like to send us the spices in question we could test them for you. Please send your samples to: Pleasant Hill Grain 210 South 1st Street P.O. Box 7 Hampton, NE. 68843 1-800-321-1073 ext. 229 Please include your name, address, and phone number. Thank you, Michelle
969022
The paste is spicy. If you follow te recipe you'll get all the heat you need. The red is the most, followed by the yellow, then the green. Add more coconut milk to make it less spicy.
72465
Yes, this would work for any of those things. I would just make sure you have a neutral adjunct grain like rice to run through it after spices so you don't have cracked wheat tasting like cinnamon or cloves.
1756331
I am using the Premier brand (the image showing). This is good one as reviewed several comments on amazon. I am using for grind Dosa mix/ Idali mix( urad dhal + rice + water).. This is a wet grinder. Came with extra dough mixer attachment also. Some review says we could buy coconut scrap attachment for this.I have no idea about the Ultra brand wet grinder.
577212
KitchenAid does not recommend this to be used for spices. I would follow their advice.
1237471
I am not sure what you mean by "wet grinder," but tonight I used the Ninja to make dosa batter from 1/4 cup of red lentils and 3/4 cup long-grain white rice, plus the water I had soaked them in, and it easily made a beautiful smooth batter. Not grainy at all. I also made a dosa batter of 1/4 cup from red lentils and 3/4 cup of whole-grain basmati rice the same way. That also came out nice and smooth, but it did take a bit longer and I had to add extra water because the mixture failed to move around enough inside the container so it could all be ground well. I think this was due to the rice being whole-grain, and not the fault of the Ninja. I would not try to grind soaked rice without adding enough water. You could probably grind dry things like flax seeds, which 'flow around' when I grind them in my little Mr. Coffee grinder, but things that have been soaked want to stick to the sides of the container, rather than flow the way we need them to. I would say, give up on trying to use the Ninja to "dry grind" anything that has been soaked. Now I have the two mixtures, which are the consistency of pancake batter, fermenting in two bowls covered with plastic wrap, and I am looking forward to eating dosas tomorrow night.
1658606
I have only used it for grinding dry spices/herbs (and it works very well for this). Cumin seeds, whole dried chiles, sugar into powdered sugar, peppercorns. It's done everything I have needed. I have not ground fresh herbs or garlic and would personally not do so unless someone else tried it with their first. ;)
1928728
No, but parts of the spices that are ground more to a fine powder get blown out of the bowl and in between the bowl and the cover, even when using the separate spice grinding cover. Honestly this grinder makes a mess with spices and I wouldn't recommend it at all.
516278
The mortar and pestle is meant for grinding spices, not making salsa or other wet ingredients. You should use something else for that.