Grinding and Pounding: Mortars and Pestles
The flat grinding stone with the hand-held stone tablet is one end of a continuum that metamorphoses into the mortar and pestle shaped like a well. ... of which stone mortars and pestles are an integral part, often being chipped into shape on the road itself. In Lucknow, a metal hamam dasta does the job of pounding dry spices, but every ...
