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Electric spice/garlic grinder

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I freshly grind all my spices when cooking Indian. This has always been done in a large pestle and mortar. But I see the day coming when I won't be able to hold the pestle adequately. So I'm looking to get an electric spice grinder. However, there is the added complication that for many dishes I will combine the ground spices with coarsely chopped garlic and ginger and then grind the lot together.

Ginger and garlic are moist which matters not one whit to the pestle and mortar but I can see possibly an issue for an electric grinder. I'm guessing that in extremis I might be able to find something like a liquidiser to do the garlic/ginger/et al separately but so far all the ones I've seen are for large quantities.

Any recommendations/suggestions very welcome.

TIA
 
The Lakeland model Malc referenced above is a copy of the Cuisinart tool that I have been using for years. The cuisinart is excellent - can't comment on the Lakeland one. Makes dry grinds (eg black pepper, cinnamon etc) and wet pastes quickly, easily and safely. I do use a P&M quite a lot too, but the grinder is great.
 
As I've mentioned before, having an Indian wife means we cook a lot of Indian food, and 95% of (both wet and dry) spice grinding happens in a Cuisinart grinder that's also very similar to that Lakeland one. I just checked the bottom of ours and the model number is SG20U, which seems to have been replaced by the almost identical but slightly newer SG21U.
 
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I didn't know I needed one before I read this thread. The only grinder I have goes on the top of a Kenwood Chef, 70s vintage, and it is a right PITA to get out, use and clean. I think I'll disguise this as a present for Mrs P.
 
I never use any spices of any sort apart from a bit of chilli very occasionally. A bloke I knew years ago (he'd lived in India as a child) at my first teaching school in Camberley told me that curries are best cooked twice as the second session in the pan makes the spices more subtle. Never tried it as I hate curry and all Indian food - Rob
 
Sorry Rog I am not home at the moment but it's the same as the one Stephen linked to. They get used in pro kitchens as well. Bullet proof and very fast and effective.

Mine is probably the older model as the base is stainless steel. It's had a hell of a lot of use. The current ones are made in PRC but I think mine was made in France.
 
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AndyP said:
I didn't know I needed one before I read this thread. The only grinder I have goes on the top of a Kenwood Chef, 70s vintage, and it is a right PITA to get out, use and clean. I think I'll disguise this as a present for Mrs P.
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Careful Andy, Janice takes a very dim view if I buy anything for the kitchen and give it to her as a gift. 2 pairs of oven gloves went down like a lead balloon for her recent birthday and last Christmas's pack of dish cloths got a similar reaction!
 
I once bought my wife a steam cleaner, which I knew she wanted. Just not for Valentines day.
 
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Careful Andy, Janice takes a very dim view if I buy anything for the kitchen and give it to her as a gift. 2 pairs of oven gloves went down like a lead balloon for her recent birthday and last Christmas's pack of dish cloths got a similar reaction!
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AJB Temple said:
I once bought my wife a steam cleaner, which I knew she wanted. Just not for Valentines day.
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I don’t recognise this problem. Previous years have included a set of saucepans and a BBQ but I am faced with the complication of a birthday just 2 weeks after Christmas, a problem solved by having half a present on each occasion.
 
AndyP said:
I don’t recognise this problem. Previous years have included a set of saucepans and a BBQ but I am faced with the complication of a birthday just 2 weeks after Christmas, a problem solved by having half a present on each occasion.
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cheapo coffee grinder does the job! I have two of them, one for hide glue to make it into a fine powder and also shellac then another for food, as a side note I used one recently for making breadcrumbs and it worked very well.
 
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