Colour: Black Material: Granite Style: Traditional Special Feature:  Handmade Finish Type: Unfinished Item Weight: 1000 Grams Product Care Instructions: Wipe Clean About this item Handcrafted with Love, Presents the best grinding Stone for Kitchen also called Attukallu, Kharal, khalbatta, silbatta stone hand grinder in small to Big size. These motar pastel stone are widely used by Ayurveda professionals like Vaidya and doctors for medicine preparations and widely used as the best best grinding stone for kitchen. Available in various shapes like i. Boat ii. Capsule iii. Hexagonal iv Kundi Round Shape Mortar and Pestle. The Shape are widely used traditionally for Alchemy and Unani medicine and are handcrafted with perfection by traditional Artisans who get these skills from their fathers and for fathers. Stable base and Unique design is a must have for all Ayurveda practioners, Hakims, Vaidya and Home makers. Available in 4 Hardest Naturally occuring Black Stones - i. Granite- The granite mortar and pestle set is widely used for grinding chutney and Bhsams for Ayurveda ii. Tamda - Traditionally tamda kharal stone mortar and pestle are widely used for non acidic ayurveda preparations and chutney making. Hansraj- hansraj kharal is widely used as a neutral stone and considered as one of the Hardest stone iv. Mangecha Black Stone - This black stone mortar and pestle material is considered the hardest one after Tamda. Available in various Sizes - Kharals are available from small to Big size (6 inch 8 inch 10 inch 12 inch 14 inch 16 inch 18 inch 20 inch 22 inch and 24 inch) Seasoning of Mortar and pestle - Please Note the Mortar and Pestle is raw Stone and hence requires compulsory seasoning process to ensure there is no dirt, powder wearing off from Stone. Before using the Mortar and pestle for the first time please ensure you wash the mortar and pestle with flowing water and crush dry rice to make thick paste, apply rice paste thorughly and leave the same for 1 hr and wash throughly. Repeat the process with Gralic/Turmeric and wash throughly. Dry in sun once washed. Apply any cooking oil or ghee using cotton cloth (refer Image in product for details, instruction recieved in product packaging for details)