Help need a liquidiser

jcr · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:52

Have recently picked up an Indian recipie book and am slowly learning to cook

Quite a few of the recipies require a liquidiser to mix ingredients into a paste. Could someone reccomendation me a reasonably priced one? Also if it was able to chop things like peppers that would be an added bonus

Am new to this cooking lark so have no idea about these new fangled kitchen aids.
Thank you

randomshenans · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:06

I'd honestly advise to get a stick blender, a good one. That should have a few different attachments as well. I never use a blender, other than a stick/hand blender and they take up a ton of space.

Chicken #16 · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:19

I watched a couple of Rick Stein's recent India show and he was obsessed with really powerful little spice grinders rather than mixers / blenders.

A quick google finds one company taking advantage of this:

http://www.kitchenscookshop.co.uk/news/electric-spice-grinders

PapaLazaru · 2 Aug 2013 at 14:20

As above, a stick blender will suffice. Looks for the Kenwood Triblade one's. Very good.

As for blending dry spices, just get a cheap coffee grinder, or just use a mortar and pestle.

jcr · 2 Aug 2013 at 14:50

Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's a hand blender I want

boxman2000 · 5 Aug 2013 at 14:33

The stick blender I bought (Phillips from Amazon I believe) had a spice grinder attachment.

Cost under £20 and does everything from grinding spices to liquidising ingredients for soup

Chicken #16 · 5 Aug 2013 at 15:03

This is what he was going on about:

skip to 0.30 to avoid the advert

Glaucus · 5 Aug 2013 at 15:18

It does changes the texture of the sauce massively.

I use one of these (the chopping bowl attachment thing)
https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/p...=X&ei=ILT_UdemHcie7AaAhoCIDg&ved=0CIkBEPMCMAI

Good versatility.

Although I do use a liquidisers for the curry base.

You can get exactly what they have.
It's just a spice grinder attachment on a food processor.

Depending on exact model, a lot of the kenwood multi pros have a spice grinder.

jcr · 6 Aug 2013 at 10:02

I bought a tefal hand blender that includes a chopping pot thing. The reviews were positive and it was reduced down to £20. So quite chuffed.

pitchfork · 6 Aug 2013 at 13:02

A good wet grinder is the business for making curry pastes.
Or any cheap liquidiser left on for a few minutes if you're making a garabi, cheap is better because you'll burn out the motors in anything you buy when blending that finely.

Hand blenders are only good for blending certain things.

Raymond Lin · 6 Aug 2013 at 13:10

PapaLazaru said:
As above, a stick blender will suffice. Looks for the Kenwood Triblade one's. Very good.

As for blending dry spices, just get a cheap coffee grinder, or just use a mortar and pestle.

Half price at the moment at Sainsbury's too ! Saw it yesterday.