Making home-made chilli powders is really easy. It is simply a matter of grinding dried chillies into a fine powder using a spice mill. It is great fun to experiment with chilli powders by mixing different chilli varieties to achieve your perfect blend. Bottle the ground powders and add a custom label or a ribbon and you have a fantastic gift for a friend or family member
Ingredients
Dried Red chillies – any quantity
Salt - as required
Other ingredients that you may wish to add eg garlic flakes
Instructions
Remove stalks
Place chillies in a mill and grind until finely ground
Place in an airtight container. Use as required
For hotter powders use chillies like Scotch bonnets, Birds-eye or Cayenne.
Milder versions can be made with chillies likeKashmiris, which are excellent for giving curries their characteristic red colour
An example of a great blend is Cayenne and Kashmiri, where if ground together in a ratio of 5 Cayenne to 2 Kashmiri chillies, With a little salt added, you will get a fantastic general purpose chilli powder
Indeed, not only can you add salt, but experiment by adding garlic/onion flakes or asafoetida powder for some interesting home-made Chilli powder results
Notes
It is essential that the chillies are completely dry before grinding is undertaken
If you want a milder chilli flake remove the seeds and white pith
Recipe by The Chilli Workshop at https://chilliworkshop.co.uk/recipes-with-chilllies/chilli-rubs-flakes-and-powders/easy-to-make-home-made-chilli-powders/