I use fresh herbs (Cilantro, ginger, tomato's and onions) and it makes a good paste of it. 
It's a two speed very well balanced blender in terms of weight to hold in one hand with great power to crush all of the spices I usually do for making Wide variety of meals. I tried green chili, ginger and tomato and got nice fine paste. I also tried making some banana and mango smoothies and it was all fine. It creates suction at the bottom of the pot to pull things down to crush them well.