As a person of Latin American decent, I love these things. My grandma would make all kinds of things in it. Guacamole, salsa. Grinding spices like cinnamon, garlic, pepper corns, and anise. I love her and my culture, and I wish to share it with more people.
I have always wondered about these. Because they aren’t smooth, or they harder to clean? And do they absorb odors? Can I wash them in the sink with Dawn dish soap?
No , actually theyre easier with just some kind of brush and regular dish soap , no they dont just have a constant smell of "warm rock" wich i kinda like , and yes , in the sink with the rough side of à sponge or à cold scrubdaddy just make sure you rinse it well cause some soap can get into the crevasses, and you dont want à dish soap tast in your guacamole so yeah , its kinda cheap too , just make sure to season it with Rice and 1/4 of that quantity in salt , so maybe 1 cup 1/4 a cup , grind and try to get the sides too , it prevents sticking , rock particules and odors, have a great day/night/afternoon
No, they're wrong, you're supposed to use garlic, cumin, black pepper, salt, and chile, after the use of the rice and salt and washing it with water. You're supposed to use enough garlic to cover the whole pedestal with paste, and let the garlic paste mix withe all that other stuff in it, chill for maybe a few hours, maybe a day, just don't let it look super gross, then wash it out with just water, and bam you have a seasoned pedestal that ground from the rice and clean from the garlic paste, all you gotta do to clean it now is wash it in hot water and you're good, idk how long the garlic lasts but I'm guessing at least a few months, seeing as how people have done it in a variation of that way for a very long time
Do not wash with soap! It is porous and will leave soap in it lol, especially if you wash it regularly with soap., You don't really need a super abrasive tool to get powder and chunks of spice free
@@tracierequena8667 I live in India and i am using this for the past 10 years Instead of mixer grinders, we use this To season any stone instruments in the kitchen Rice with the bran, salt and optionally rarely mint or any herbs Don’t use herbs with more bitterness
I didn't know either, i was hesitant to buy a granite one because it felt rough and i was scared it would get in my spices and herbs, it makes more sense that it needs to be seasoned
For anyone suddenly interested in getting one. BE CAREFUL!!! Make sure they are selling you an actual rock one. I have seen them made of cement which is of course not good for you. Volcanic rock is not only rough but porous. Most people might be more familiar with cement, so if it looks like it don't even bother.
Yes, this one is cement. My Suegra has a real volcano one and I hate it because it has huge dips everywhere which cause you to loss your product in the bowl.
@@brittybritty8372she needs to prepare it. You first put rice in and grind it up until the holes are completely plugged. Then use garlic and salt to season over it. The rice keeps food from going in the holes, the garlic and salt has anti-bacterial properties and seals it. Meaning you can put water and other liquids and not have it seep out
The name molcajete come from Náhual which means Mollicaxtli, was originated by the Aztec civilization like 1300-5000 B.C. similar to Metate other large stone used to smash corn.
I’ve heard from a reliable source that the material should have little holes in it, like volcanic rock usually has. Otherwise it’s probably concrete and not the genuine thing.
In Indonesia we called it "cobek" and "ulekan" . Cobek is a place for grinding and ulekan is the tools for grind (?). I think for most of people think that it's exhausted to grinding some ingredient or seasoning with this tools. But in Indonesia i don't know why but with this tools it's feels more flavorfull and not too smooth like we using blender, we can still feel the texture of seasoning that we grind and more authentic. For example when we want to make Sambal (original spice sauce from Indonesia) for me it's more flavorfull using Cobek and Ulekan then blender. Bs i'm still can feel the texture and the scent of the chilli and garlic. You guys need to try this
When i was 5, i lived in guatemala for a few months and my family used to use this to make guacamole. I think we made some other stuff but guacamole is the one i remember. Glad i found this video since it brought a good memory for me.
I used to see my grandmother and mom use these a lot when i was little brings back memories when they would make good food in those things 🇪🇸 love from spain 👋
It’s literally one of the only two things I wish to inherit from my mother!!! Her molcajete and her tortilladora!! My brothers can keep the house and all the other stuff that’s all I want!!!
I ave one that a neighbor got for me when she went to visit her family in Colombia. She said people have different methods but mostly the older generation won’t use soap and it seems like the younger have to use soap or it’s not clean? But she said she cleans it just like when you season it. Rice and course salt.I keep one brush put a lil bit rice or course salt or both.The friction from the salt and/or rice will get particles that can be stuck. You can just use salt and a brush then hot water and sometimes I squeeze lemon too bcuz the lady who gave it to me said it kills bacteria also she said you can put some white vinegar after .Basically she said that her grandma and aunties used whatever they had and they used natural things. Just a suggestion 🤗
In the Philippines, my grandmas’s mortar and pestle is so big. The mortar is made out of a huge tree trunk and the pestle is bigger and longer than a baseball bat. They used to dehusk rice with it.
Im malaysian chinese and ours is pretty similar to the "typical" mortar and pestle but the pestle doesnt have any curves and its like a corndog shape. We call it 研钵 in chinese and in malay its called alu dan lesung
the stone used for grinding is called a tejolote and the words molcajete and tejolote come from Nahuatl (Native Mexica, current day central Mexico) words and have traditionally been used for salsa and mole
Growing up when my grandmother seasoned hers she would finish it by crushing garlic. Any salsa or dip made in one of those will be miles better than store bought or if it was blended. The process of grinding each ingredient into each other builds more flavor profile rather if you just blended it all at once.
Molcajetes are Mexican, I don't know if it even exists in other countries but in México molcajetes are cultural heritage from the indigenous groups of our land. Please, we exist lol, México is not a theme park, it's beyond petty that people born/living in the same continent are ignorant of one of the biggest cultures in the continent.
The mortar and pestle I have is made from granite, it’s been with us since my parents got married, so…. 32 years now? I kinda want to try the batu giling that my late grandmother used, not sure where it is now. I love how universal this equipment is. It’s manual labour for sure but it does what the blender/processor can’t.
@@clairehering1720 girl what 🤨 just bc his recipes or methods are different than yours doesn't mean that he can't cook, and besides, you've never tasted his stuff, how are you supposed to know what's good and what's not?
@@AisforArtemis Thirty years of experience cooking professionally gives a person a pretty accurate idea of what does or doesn't work or taste good. You get a feel for what people do or don't want...
Nice channel dude, this is how I first found you, I was looking for something way different related to a mortar and pestle but came across your channel. Now I want h u everyday
oh just fine yourself a strong rock and make one yourself. That's what my family did. That's what they do everytime they want to upgrade, now we have a huge one.
i'm an indonesian, and mortar and pestle (in my language called "ulek"), this is one of my mom's favorite cooking tool for making sambal. in houses where you did not have a blender (to grind sambal with), you are soooo adjusted to it and you can't move from an ulekan to a blender for making sambal. lmao.
they're actually pretty usefull to make salsas too if you don't have or want to use a blender, usually to make the salsa have the desired texture instead of getting it too smooth, or just because they prefer to just beat the shit out of everything inside it or just to turn into a paste something like a tomato, garlic, onion, etc. but at least here in méxico it is more commonly used for salsas overall
Pata tuppa... We in eastern India also use it.. Except for the fact that it is made up of normal rocks or wood but bigger not volcanic ones.. It comes in various shapes rectangular , rectangular with triangle on top. Circular etc..
Back in the day English speaking people also had big pestles and mortar, they have just fallen out of use since we have graters and mixers and other devices. so you can still call it a pestle and mortar whatever the size.
We personally use some other kind of volcanic rock mortar at home, make from basalt from the island of La Réunion x) It's roughness comes from the rock's natural texture, and it doesn't look carved at all somehow
For those wondering the song is from an anime called One Punch Man. ruclips.net/video/Z96ModuOAQY/видео.html I loved it so much I've memorised the show.
In Indonesia we call mortar and pestle as "cobek" (how to pronounce it is "chobek", the "e" like in pokémon and the "k" like in duck), well I don't know if all Indonesian's call it cobek, but in my place we call it like that.
I miss the molcajetes we used to have from decades ago (long before I was born). They were bigger and deeper, and the grinding rock you hold was shaped like a pear, making it easier to hold. Unfortunately it broke some years back when we were moving and we haven't found any good molcajetes since then.
As a person of Latin American decent, I love these things. My grandma would make all kinds of things in it. Guacamole, salsa. Grinding spices like cinnamon, garlic, pepper corns, and anise. I love her and my culture, and I wish to share it with more people.
Te gusta mas la salsa verde o roja de molcajete?
@@audbfjbajdo4581 They Said They Were Of Latin American Descent That Don't Mean They Know Spanish 🤣
My grandmother used to make moles with the ones she had. They were deeper and wider back then. Now they're so small and shallow.
@@coolkapri um. Her Spanish grammar is fine?? Dummy.
@@gosick442 I actually don't know much Spanish. My grammar with it is fine, I just don't know what I'm saying 90%of the time.
I have always wondered about these. Because they aren’t smooth, or they harder to clean? And do they absorb odors? Can I wash them in the sink with Dawn dish soap?
No , actually theyre easier with just some kind of brush and regular dish soap , no they dont just have a constant smell of "warm rock" wich i kinda like , and yes , in the sink with the rough side of à sponge or à cold scrubdaddy just make sure you rinse it well cause some soap can get into the crevasses, and you dont want à dish soap tast in your guacamole so yeah , its kinda cheap too , just make sure to season it with Rice and 1/4 of that quantity in salt , so maybe 1 cup 1/4 a cup , grind and try to get the sides too , it prevents sticking , rock particules and odors, have a great day/night/afternoon
Dude
It's a rock
Of course you can wash it with soap
Yes you can wash it
No, they're wrong, you're supposed to use garlic, cumin, black pepper, salt, and chile, after the use of the rice and salt and washing it with water. You're supposed to use enough garlic to cover the whole pedestal with paste, and let the garlic paste mix withe all that other stuff in it, chill for maybe a few hours, maybe a day, just don't let it look super gross, then wash it out with just water, and bam you have a seasoned pedestal that ground from the rice and clean from the garlic paste, all you gotta do to clean it now is wash it in hot water and you're good, idk how long the garlic lasts but I'm guessing at least a few months, seeing as how people have done it in a variation of that way for a very long time
Do not wash with soap! It is porous and will leave soap in it lol, especially if you wash it regularly with soap., You don't really need a super abrasive tool to get powder and chunks of spice free
I have this and didn't know u needed to season it..GOOD TO KNOW!😃
Sameeee, do you think we have to do this every time after washing it?
@@amrosawa7143 no it's just for the first time
i believe people use herbs too
@@tracierequena8667 I live in India and i am using this for the past 10 years
Instead of mixer grinders, we use this To season any stone instruments in the kitchen
Rice with the bran, salt and optionally rarely mint or any herbs
Don’t use herbs with more bitterness
I didn't know either, i was hesitant to buy a granite one because it felt rough and i was scared it would get in my spices and herbs, it makes more sense that it needs to be seasoned
That one punch man background music fits perfectly… Oh wait I forgot.
Yes
indeed
Lol
HAHA thanks. I was thinking what anime was it from.
The mix thoo, very smooth
For anyone suddenly interested in getting one. BE CAREFUL!!! Make sure they are selling you an actual rock one. I have seen them made of cement which is of course not good for you. Volcanic rock is not only rough but porous. Most people might be more familiar with cement, so if it looks like it don't even bother.
Yes, this one is cement. My Suegra has a real volcano one and I hate it because it has huge dips everywhere which cause you to loss your product in the bowl.
@@brittybritty8372she needs to prepare it. You first put rice in and grind it up until the holes are completely plugged. Then use garlic and salt to season over it. The rice keeps food from going in the holes, the garlic and salt has anti-bacterial properties and seals it. Meaning you can put water and other liquids and not have it seep out
I love the music in the background. Honestly one of my favourite Anime’s
One punch man
Same, along with Demon Slayer, Attack On Titan, Death Note, Naruto.
@@jujasnameW’s all around. I love all of those along with One Piece, JJK, and JJBA
The name molcajete come from Náhual which means Mollicaxtli, was originated by the Aztec civilization like 1300-5000 B.C. similar to Metate other large stone used to smash corn.
I’ve heard from a reliable source that the material should have little holes in it, like volcanic rock usually has. Otherwise it’s probably concrete and not the genuine thing.
The tune rocks
It is one punch man song-anime
The sad song
@@notsoprosinan8409 that's why it sounded so familiar
In Indonesia we called it "cobek" and "ulekan" . Cobek is a place for grinding and ulekan is the tools for grind (?). I think for most of people think that it's exhausted to grinding some ingredient or seasoning with this tools. But in Indonesia i don't know why but with this tools it's feels more flavorfull and not too smooth like we using blender, we can still feel the texture of seasoning that we grind and more authentic. For example when we want to make Sambal (original spice sauce from Indonesia) for me it's more flavorfull using Cobek and Ulekan then blender. Bs i'm still can feel the texture and the scent of the chilli and garlic. You guys need to try this
Im from malaysia and we call it " lesung batu ". Anyways hi from malaysia 🙋♀️
@@ilaikechickonnnn ohh i've heard that. Hi too from Indonesia 🙋
I love this and I actually have one since we make them here in Mexico and we have been doing them for years (I am Mexican btw)
All of our Molcajete’s are older that my parents and they are sooo heavy and we use them everyday for our chilies 😋
It's so cool that they pass it down the next generations 😆
What's the oldest you know?
@@GoldenGully 50+ years had to ask my parental unit lol
@@strawberryemily8755"parental unit" personally I'd ask my mothership
When i was 5, i lived in guatemala for a few months and my family used to use this to make guacamole. I think we made some other stuff but guacamole is the one i remember. Glad i found this video since it brought a good memory for me.
I used to see my grandmother and mom use these a lot when i was little brings back memories when they would make good food in those things 🇪🇸 love from spain 👋
Bing chilling 🥶🍦
@@krunkmonkey3792 yes
Best salsas are made in a molcajete, they're superior 👌🏻
Great music choice bro, I also remember my abuela using these for all sorts of sauces.
I appreciate the one punch man music in the background
Yea but what version is that..
Saitama background
It’s literally one of the only two things I wish to inherit from my mother!!! Her molcajete and her tortilladora!! My brothers can keep the house and all the other stuff that’s all I want!!!
Aim lower lol. Buy your own damn molcajete. And ask for the house, lol
The one punch man background music is relaxing
Fax
Ooooohhhh my good that feels so goood
Yes
True
I ave one that a neighbor got for me when she went to visit her family in Colombia. She said people have different methods but mostly the older generation won’t use soap and it seems like the younger have to use soap or it’s not clean? But she said she cleans it just like when you season it. Rice and course salt.I keep one brush put a lil bit rice or course salt or both.The friction from the salt and/or rice will get particles that can be stuck. You can just use salt and a brush then hot water and sometimes I squeeze lemon too bcuz the lady who gave it to me said it kills bacteria also she said you can put some white vinegar after .Basically she said that her grandma and aunties used whatever they had and they used natural things. Just a suggestion 🤗
In the Philippines, my grandmas’s mortar and pestle is so big. The mortar is made out of a huge tree trunk and the pestle is bigger and longer than a baseball bat. They used to dehusk rice with it.
Music gives me chills ✋✋✋
It is so interesting that there is something like this in all culture. We have this but the bowl is like a flat slab of rock. We call it ‘silautaa’
We have a similar version, it’s sloped and oblong, a metate to grind grains. Mainly used to grind corn for tortillas.
Im malaysian chinese and ours is pretty similar to the "typical" mortar and pestle but the pestle doesnt have any curves and its like a corndog shape. We call it 研钵 in chinese and in malay its called alu dan lesung
Noo silautaa or silnora is different from this. I don't know what you people call this in hindi but in Bengali this is known as Hamal dista.
@@rups6936 I am not indian, I am Nepali, we call it silautaa in Nepal
@@Nikunikuniku583 india ha both type silbatta one as I am from Uttarakhand and the above one like stone also we have metal one too
Your voice is so charm XD I trying not to sleep
I think I hear the One Punch Man Theme playing 🗿🗿🗿
You saved me, there's so much nonsense in my RUclips shorts, I'm happy to finally see a video from you.
We have like a big wooden one in my house but that seems easier to grind since your not smashing and it’s valcano rock so that seems cool
I love this channel. Greetings from Latam
The Indonesian one is called ulekan cubek
ah thank yoU!
That opm music is going to my playlist!
The background music is from One Punch Man 😂
Ikr hahaha 😆
Yup thats the first thing i noticed
the stone used for grinding is called a tejolote and the words molcajete and tejolote come from Nahuatl (Native Mexica, current day central Mexico) words and have traditionally been used for salsa and mole
Music from One Punch man
Growing up when my grandmother seasoned hers she would finish it by crushing garlic. Any salsa or dip made in one of those will be miles better than store bought or if it was blended. The process of grinding each ingredient into each other builds more flavor profile rather if you just blended it all at once.
Never thought I’d ever have to season a rock
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Molcajetes are Mexican, I don't know if it even exists in other countries but in México molcajetes are cultural heritage from the indigenous groups of our land.
Please, we exist lol, México is not a theme park, it's beyond petty that people born/living in the same continent are ignorant of one of the biggest cultures in the continent.
In Peru we call it batán y uña
Mortar and pestels exist in every society and culture
Im in mexico, and what you did in the video was perfect.
The mortar and pestle I have is made from granite, it’s been with us since my parents got married, so…. 32 years now?
I kinda want to try the batu giling that my late grandmother used, not sure where it is now.
I love how universal this equipment is. It’s manual labour for sure but it does what the blender/processor can’t.
Ahuevo, los gringos aprendiendo de las madres y abuelas latinas.
That song remind me of some bald person
Saitama
😂
Babish?
Johnny sins?
@@hanif7592 it's Saitama's song he's bald
The background music is just perfection...
Is that the One Punch Man theme?
I went to Mexico (the place they made the molcajete) and they sale it every were
In Malaysia they call it 'Lesung' or 'Lesung Batu', batu means rock.
Dont remember asking
@@ghetto_smokers4208 GoldenGully needs all the help he can get; he keeps getting everything wrong and he doesn't even know how to cook.
@@clairehering1720 girl what 🤨 just bc his recipes or methods are different than yours doesn't mean that he can't cook, and besides, you've never tasted his stuff, how are you supposed to know what's good and what's not?
@@AisforArtemis Thirty years of experience cooking professionally gives a person a pretty accurate idea of what does or doesn't work or taste good. You get a feel for what people do or don't want...
@@clairehering1720 alright miss professional, could you give me a few examples of what's he's doing wrong exactly?
Nice channel dude, this is how I first found you, I was looking for something way different related to a mortar and pestle but came across your channel. Now I want h u everyday
Saitama 😭😭😭😭😭
Viva Mexico! The best way to make salsa is with this!
Who else noticed the one punch man sad music
THANK YOU. That sounded so freaking familiar and I couldn't figure out what it was.
@@Ta1ko np, I recently rewatched the series so it was easy to figure it out.
I can literally watch shorts for so long don't y'all agree?💕
Haha I see a ton of these in Cali however they are made out of cement and come from Mexico. Hard to find a real one.
They ARE from Mexico
oh just fine yourself a strong rock and make one yourself. That's what my family did. That's what they do everytime they want to upgrade, now we have a huge one.
I've never seen one made of cement I'm from México, even this one shown in the video is not like the ones made by Mexican artisans.
I'm from Mexico and we don't make them out of cement 🤨
@@fakefreckles6253 many ones in the USA are made from cement, which is worse than if they're made from real volcanic rock
Idk how hard it is to get ones made in Mexico but the ones made in Mexico have imperfections and holes they are amazing
I'm surprised that you are using basmathi rice for making it clean damn dude
Rich people stuff
@@bhuvaneshd4436 yep dude.
If he eats a lot of rice and buys it in bulk (like my family does), it’s really not that much tbh.
Congrats! You did good on the Boss fight, it's a hard one.
i'm an indonesian, and mortar and pestle (in my language called "ulek"), this is one of my mom's favorite cooking tool for making sambal. in houses where you did not have a blender (to grind sambal with), you are soooo adjusted to it and you can't move from an ulekan to a blender for making sambal. lmao.
they're actually pretty usefull to make salsas too if you don't have or want to use a blender, usually to make the salsa have the desired texture instead of getting it too smooth, or just because they prefer to just beat the shit out of everything inside it
or just to turn into a paste something like a tomato, garlic, onion, etc. but at least here in méxico it is more commonly used for salsas overall
Pata tuppa...
We in eastern India also use it..
Except for the fact that it is made up of normal rocks or wood but bigger not volcanic ones..
It comes in various shapes rectangular , rectangular with triangle on top. Circular etc..
I like how you can mesh whatever food you want with it
YEAHHH THAT MUSIC I WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT
I have one of these and I made 500 narcotics with it yesterday ( video game reference for those who don’t understand ).
These are such an underrated kitchen tool
That One Punch Man soundtrack in the back hits hard af
Back in the day English speaking people also had big pestles and mortar, they have just fallen out of use since we have graters and mixers and other devices. so you can still call it a pestle and mortar whatever the size.
That one is made of concrete. Real volcanic rock are covered in holes and aren’t smooth
was that one punch man ost? very chill remix, nice music choice that fits well with the vid and your calming voice
Question 🙋♂️:
Do we have to use rice and salt every time we need to use it?
Where did you buy yours? I've been wanting one
That low-fi one punch theme is 🔥🔥🔥🔥⛽️⛽️
love them, they are so easy to clean
We personally use some other kind of volcanic rock mortar at home, make from basalt from the island of La Réunion x)
It's roughness comes from the rock's natural texture, and it doesn't look carved at all somehow
For those wondering the song is from an anime called One Punch Man.
ruclips.net/video/Z96ModuOAQY/видео.html
I loved it so much I've memorised the show.
I miss using this❤️
Love the lofi version of the sad ost of one punch man and ur vids are great ☺️
His voice strangely relaxing
In Mexico 🇲🇽 they sell some really delicious food served in a Molcajete 👌
It's called IMAM DASTA in our side and it's very popular for grinding spices which makes food more tastier..
Im getting opm vibes listening to the music
We use this for making chutneys!
Love the anime music in every vid🙌🏻
Boutta get one for my birthday
Who knows them as “langri sota”?
Punjabis from 🇵🇰 and 🇮🇳 unite pls.
I got a flat molcajete the year, which was the most wonderful present. Still need to get around to making delicious Mexican food with it!
In Indonesia we call mortar and pestle as "cobek" (how to pronounce it is "chobek", the "e" like in pokémon and the "k" like in duck), well I don't know if all Indonesian's call it cobek, but in my place we call it like that.
Thank you for using this soundtrack for your background
That opm theme lofi in the bg deserves a like
I have never lived without it
YES!! Mexico approves!
When I season it do u do it every time or only one time
i don’t know what he means by season, like do i just tap everything out when i grind the salt and rice and i’m done?
Foiyoh! Good pestle and mortar and good cleaning technique, good cleaning!
i never get recommended his new videos. but i always get recommended his videos from 2 years ago
I miss the molcajetes we used to have from decades ago (long before I was born). They were bigger and deeper, and the grinding rock you hold was shaped like a pear, making it easier to hold.
Unfortunately it broke some years back when we were moving and we haven't found any good molcajetes since then.
Thats most likely a fake one made out of concret. Real ones have small imperfections like little holes
i watch the video 3 times with no sound before realizing its a loop
Silbataa in india💜💜
Who noticed one punch man music in the background, this man is a man of culture
Make sure ur seasoning both sides of the mortar and also the top of the lip
that take time,, u have to check indian rollable stone one ,, it is way easy and fast
Finally a video telling me the difference between the two
i like how in the background therse that one punch man song but in a lighter tune, nice touch