Blender

Blades in a jug, or a stick blender in a pot. For marinades, sauces and some soups.

When you need it

When a mortar is too slow or the volume is large. Not required for most of this catalog.

A jug that actually pours, and enough power for ice if you claim it crushes ice.

Stick blender, food mill, mortar and pestle.

Never run it dry. Lid on.

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Tacos al pastor

Mexico City pork tacos with achiote, chilli and pineapple — shawarma technique that became something entirely Mexican.

3 hr 10 minMedium🌶️🌶️

Butter chicken

मुरग़ मखनी

Delhi restaurant gravy: tandoori-style chicken in a tomato-butter sauce. Famous, modern, and not a stand-in for 'Indian food'.

2 hr 5 minMedium🌶️

Kongguksu

콩국수

Wheat noodles in an ice-cold, blended soybean broth — summer food that tastes like milk without being dairy.

9 hrMediumNo chilli

Bindae-tteok

빈대떡

Crispy mung-bean pancakes with kimchi or sprouts — market food you eat with a raw onion dip.

4 hr 40 minMediumNo chilli

Patbingsu

팥빙수

Shaved ice with sweet red beans, milk and a few chewy toppings — summer dessert that is not a smoothie bowl.

1 hr 20 minEasyNo chilli

Salsa roja

A cooked or roasted red table sauce — tomato, chilli, garlic — not a jar of taco topping.

25 minEasy🌶️🌶️