Homemade Chilli powders
Nutrition Information
- Serving size: 100g
- Calories: 0 kcal
- Fat: 14g
- Carbohydrates: < 0.5 grams
- Sugar: 7.2 grams
- Sodium: 0.07 grams
- Fiber: < 0.5 grams
- Protein: 14 grams
Recipe type: Powders, rubs and flakes
Cuisine: International
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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 like Kashmiris, 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
Keywords: Home-made Chilli powders
For recipes to make rubs for barbeques click here
If you want a milder chilli flake remove the seeds and white pith
Keywords: Home-made Chilli powders
For recipes to make rubs for barbeques click here