CHILLY POWDER
Chilly powder is a basic ingredient, used to give the spicy flavour in any recipe. We use homemade chilly powder for all our cooking. Generally, the chilly powder that is available in the stores, are made with only chillies, but we include few other ingredients to make our own chilly powder. This chilly powder can be used like a regular store bought chilly powder. It won’t alter the taste of the recipe.
We use chilly powder in almost every recipe. Since elders, and the kids in our family have the same food, we use this recipe, instead of just plain chilly powder.
INGREDIENTS:
- DRY RED CHILLIES – 1 KG
- CUMIN SEEDS – 100 GMS
*Cumin seeds helps in digestion.
- TURMERIC(KOMBU MANJAL) – 100 GMS
*Turmeric is a basic ingredient, used in almost every Indian recipes. It is said to have a lot of medicinal properties.
HOW TO MAKE CHILLY POWDER:
- Dry the chillies, under the sun, until it becomes crisp.
- Mix everything, and grind it into fine powder.
*we usually take it to the shop, for the grinding.
Grinding can also be done at home with a blender. Grinding in a blender takes longer, and it has to be sifted to get a fine powder.
CHILLY POWDER IS READY.
YOU CAN USE THIS IN ANY RECIPES, THAT CALLS FOR CHILLY POWDER.
I do not like ht spicy foods that burn my mouth. How can I get good flavor without that?
You can use kashmiri chilly powder instead of normal chilly powder. Kashmiri chilly powder is made with Kashmiri chillies. It isn’t spicy and is mainly used to give the red color for the recipe. You still get the flavour without the spiciness.
Also, you can reduce the amount of chilly powder to half/quarter and, add coriander powder as a substitute. The coriander powder can minimize the spice level of the recipe.This works well for all the recipes. It won’t alter the taste and flavor.
Thank you for your response. Is kashmiri chilly powder sold under a particular brand name that you recommend?
EVEREST & DEEP are the brands that I’ve used personally. You can try them.