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Cobek
The Indonesian mortar is made from a hard basalt stone. Although the cobek has a smooth appearance the stone is rough enough to crush and break through the typical sambal ingredients like chiles, garlic, peanuts, coconut and even lemon grass.
Ingredients are crushed together using a firm but gentle up and down motion. This crushing extracts the most flavor from the ingredients and gives the sambal the traditional texture. It takes about 3 to 4 minutes of "vigorous work" to create a paste of the proper consistency.
Cobek
The Indonesian mortar is made from a hard basalt stone. Although the cobek has a smooth appearance the stone is rough enough to crush and break through the typical sambal ingredients like chiles, garlic, peanuts, coconut and even lemon grass.
Ingredients are crushed together using a firm but gentle up and down motion. This crushing extracts the most flavor from the ingredients and gives the sambal the traditional texture. It takes about 3 to 4 minutes of "vigorous work" to create a paste of the proper consistency.