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Mr S has a birthday coming up.  He has recently started cooking, his favourite being curries with spice blends prepared from scratch.

He has asked for a spice grinder as a gift. We already have a mortar and pestle and a blender, so something which fits in between the two perhaps.  Max price around £50

Interested in what this throws up!  I regularly make a batch of Malaysian spice mix and it typically involves days with a pestle and mortar grinding things up, doing a few minutes at a time whenever I walk past it.  The benefit of this approach is the house smells delicious for the whole time but it is a bit of a production!

I grind mine in the coffee/spice grinder attachment for a kenwood chef. You need to dry heat first so they grind well.

Can you get an attachment for your blender?

I use this Cuisinart one that cost me £50

https://www.cuisinart.co.uk/spice-grinder-SG21U.html#start=1

I got it on the back this review from Rhik Samadder

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/11/kitchen-gadgets-review...

I've been very happy with it and use it often to make batches of Ras El Hanout, Baharat, Garam Masala etc. It can deal with star anise and fenugreek seeds. I just break up the biggest pieces of cinnamon bark before I put them in.

Another thumbs up for the cuisinart one. It’s excellent.

I definitely want something serene and lethal

Thank you all.