When cooking authentic Mexican food, using authentic Mexican products is a must in order to obtain that authentic flavor. The molcaheteis just one of manyMexican products that I will be introducing, as requested.A small, stone or clay bowl with an elongated cylinder of the same material that is rounded on each end. A small amount of spices or food is placed in the bowl and the end of the cylinder is used to smash the item against the sides of the bowl in a circular motion to pulverize it.
Molcahete or Mexican Molcajete are used to grind chiles and spices. Molcahete’s size may vary because of the stone, but it’s usually around 8 inches in diameter and 4 1/2″ inches tall. The Molcahete (MÕL-CA-HÉT-Ã) is hand carved lava stone.
THE MEXICAN MOLCAHETE
The word molcajete (mortar) derives from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs: “molli” (seasoning or sauce) and “caxitl” (bowl). The word tejolote (pestle) also derives from Nahuatl: “tetl” (stone) and “xolotl” (doll).”Foods traditionally prepared in the molcajete include salsas and mole’s (mohl-LAY), as well as guacamole. It is also used for grinding chilies, garlic or other herbs and spices for food preparation.
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February 18th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
[...] ‘aguacates’ using a molcahete (Mexican squishier) if you have one available (if you don’t have one you may use fork) [...]
April 16th, 2010 at 10:50 am
[...] tells of two nuns surprised by a visitor. They had little in the way of food and so they used a molcajete to grind every ingredient they could find and simmered it in liquid until it thickened into a [...]