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Topic: Chilli



  
 Asia Food Glossary Page
These are called chilli tairu, and are treated like fiery pappadams, being fried in oil until crisp and eaten with rice.
In Burma, large dried red chillies are fried in oil until crisp and almost black, and used as an accompaniment to meals - sort of a chilli pappadam which is held by the stem and bitten into.
In India, chillies are soaked in yoghurt and salt and dried in the sun for storing.
http://www.asiafood.org/glossary_2.cfm?wordid=3359   (555 words)

  
 Goan recipes, food and cuisine from Goa - India
Add the chicken, chopped chillies, garlic and ginger to the pan and cook for a minute or so.
Grind together the dry chillies, cummin, peppercorns and the remaining garlic and ginger.
Mix the onion, ginger and green chillis and mash with the turmeric.
http://www.amchegoa.com/goan_recipes.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Blue Kitchen Chillies
Usually, the smaller the chilli, the hotter it is.
Chillies belong to the Solanaceae family (the same family as potatoes and tomatoes) and are members of the Capsicum genus (from the Greek - kapto - to bite, due to the burning sensation when eating it).
Chillies are addictive - eating chillies increases production of endorphins, and consumption of large amounts of chilli can produce a "chilli high" or sense of relief or pleasure.
http://www.chillies.com.au/chillies.html   (875 words)

  
 Chillies
Whole chillies are the juicesless and dried pods of plants of the Capsicum genus.
Chillies are used in whole dried or chopped form or as a ground powder.
Chillie paste and chillie sauce are also frequently sold.Oil and oleoresin is the most importent value added product of chillies.
http://www.spicestat.com/chillies.html   (1037 words)

  
 Bawarchi: Contributions: Stuffed Chillies
Chillies are hot but this is not hot.
Add the garlic besan mix to the chillies.
Now slit chillies & remove seeds & then stuff with the garlic & besan mixture.
http://www.bawarchi.com/contribution/contrib4643.html   (107 words)

  
 Thai's Food
Papaya salad is served with a dressing of pounded peanuts, fish sauce, garlic and chopped chillies with dried prawns (shrimp).
The sauces are made from different combinations of hot, salty, sour and sweet ingredients such as chillies, fish sauce, shrimp paste, tamarind or lemon juice, and sugar.
This and the next recipe is chilli hot, but you can reduce the heat by removing the seed from the chillies before cooking.
http://users.iafrica.com/s/si/silver/thaifood.html   (13865 words)

  
 Chillies!
The same combination of cheese and chillies is found in neighbouring Bhutan: The national dish, ema datshe or hemadatsi, is a thick soup of fresh green chillies and aged yak cheese.
This chillie is generally known as rocoto and locoto in Peru and Bolivia, and as chillie manzano in México; a cultivar with yellow fruits is termed chillie canario).
Tibetan food is mildly seasoned, but fiery chillie condiments are always found on the tables; a most typical recipe is churu sibeh, chillies mixed with pungent mold-ripened blue cheese.
http://www.minhas.net/fun/chillies/chillies.htm   (6094 words)

  
 Growing Chillies, chilies
Chillis are in the same family as tomatoes and potatoes.
Cut chillis when they are green, swollen and glossy, any ripe unpicked chillis left on the plant will turn red within 2 to 3 weeks.
With a good harvest bag the chillis up and freeze them, or if weather is good enough dry them out in the sun, although I have had good results spreading them out on a baking tray and placing on top of a boiler.
http://www.asiarecipe.com/chilliegrow.html   (792 words)

  
 ChilliSauce.org - Chilli Recipes
Add Chilli powder and stir for 2 minutes, add onions and finely chopped chillies, stir for 4 minutes until soft and onions begin to colour, add garlic, Cumin and Beef.
Add pork, cassareep, onion, brown sugar, chillies, cinnamon, cloves, and thyme.
The base for these is always nuoc mam and you can add ingredients such as lime juice, chopped chillies, chopped nuts, spring onions, fried garlic, ginger and fresh herbs such as coriander, sweet basil, and mint.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chillisauce/Chillirecipes.htm   (1167 words)

  
 The Spice of Life
To the chilli connoisseur each type has its own distinctive flavour and a particular variety of chilli may be used to lend a specific dish its unique taste.
Still used in Mexican specialities, chocolate adds a depth of flavour to savoury dishes which perfectly complements the chilli pepper, and it is also used for the traditional Mexican chocolate drink which is served hot and spiced, as well as for a range of sweet dishes.
However, as a nation we Brits are fairly reluctant to experirnent with the chilli.
http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes/spice.html   (1046 words)

  
 Bawarchi: Contributions: Buttermilk Chillies
These chillies are deep fried in oil and eaten with mangodal rice, sambar rice, tomato dal rice etc. These chillies donot taste spicy as they are dipped in butter milk.
Put all the green chillies in the butter milk.
These chillies can also be added to chudva mixture after deep frying.
http://www.bawarchi.com/contribution/contrib4060.html   (215 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Chillies
The chile pepper (also chili or chilli; from Spanish chile) is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
The alternative spelling chilli is the least popular of the three, and is used primarily in the UK.
The chile peppers and their various cultivars are grown around the world because they are widely used as spices or Peru and Mexico, it was discovered in the Caribbean by Columbus and named a "pepper" because of its similarity with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Chillies   (1019 words)

  
 Chillies and Chili
The Chilpotle chilli is a dried and smoked Jalapeño that is spicier than the green version and usually available in a pickled form.
Soaking a chilli in vinegar has the effect of distributing the hot chilli flavour through the dish.
Other famous varieties of chilli include the extremely hot Habenero (or scotch bonnet), the birds-eye, the Thai, and the tiny Pequin, which is the fiery base for Tabasco sauce.
http://www.thetipsbank.com/chillipeppers.htm   (578 words)

  
 Chillies - The Fiery Fruit
Chilli peppers steeped in water were perhaps the earliest and simplest of the sauces that would follow and evolve as this small but lethal fruit moved on inexorably towards the conquest of more and more distant palates.
So the degree of hotness of the chilli family can range from trace amounts in bell peppers (or capsicums) to 577,000 Scoville Units in a "Red Savina", a kind of habenero believed to be the hottest chilli ever tested.
And even the upscale non-Asian places are now sporting such items as strawberry chilli sorbet and chilli bread on their menus.
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/cultureandhistory/chillies010716.html   (972 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World South Asia Bhutan's love affair with chillies
Here chillies are used as a vegetable - and the national dish of Bhutan is the chilli cheese curry.
Ms Ohm says the real ema datshi is made only with chillies and cheese.
Ms Ohm says Bhutanese cuisine is all about chillies - almost every curry or dish has a heavy dose of the spice.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4315155.stm   (679 words)

  
 Thai Chillies
Because chillies are useful not only for their heat but also for their unique and distinctive flavors, the many different varieties are used in a wide range of dishes and sauces to enhance the tastiness of particular meats, vegetables and seafoods.
Cut the chillies in small thin rounds, place them in a sauce dish and cover with fish sauce.
Because these other types of chillies are not yet readily available in Western markets, the jalapeño, serrano, fresno and yellow wax peppers, carried by many American supermarkets, may be substituted, as they have been in many of the my recipes.
http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/ingredients/pkn.html   (1347 words)

  
 Asia Food Glossary Page
Even in countries which grow fresh chillies as commercial crops, many recipes specify dried chillies as well as fresh be used in the spicing.
As with fresh chillies, larger dried chillies are not quite as hot as the small variety.
Apart from whole dried chillies one can also purchase crushed dried chillies (seeds and all) and thread-fine strips called silgochu which are much used in Korean food.
http://www.asiafood.org/glossary_1.cfm?alpha=D&wordid=2498&startno=1&endno=25   (131 words)

  
 Chillies
Raw chillies can be used in marinades and salad dressings.
Generally the smaller chillies are the most pungent.
Red chillies are indentified by a red stripe on the cover, green chillies by a green stripe.
http://www.zas.nl/chillies.htm   (273 words)

  
 Vegetable Gardening @ the Vegetable Patch: growing chillies (hot peppers) and organic vegetable gardening
Red hot and fiery, chillies (also known as hot peppers) are an essential vegetable to grow if you like a hot and steamy meal.
Like capsicums, chillies are more flavoursome and hotter when they change colour from green and ripen.
Chillies are really the same as capsicums (bell peppers) except instead of being sweet they're fiery.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/gavin_paula/patch/chilli.htm   (339 words)

  
 Woolworths - Chillies
Extra large chilli hot or jalapeno (pronounced halapeno) One for the masochists, this fiery hot chilli is the benchmark by which all other chillies are judged.
Sweet chilli A chilli that is so mild you can give it to children.
Ball chilli red Much hotter than its greener relative, this small round chilli is about 3cm in diameter and is excellent in Mexican dishes or chutneys.
http://www.woolworths.com.au/dietinfo/rsa20.asp   (969 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - Chillies fiery mystery solved
Whereas most plants in the nightshade family (which includes chillies, as well as important food crops like potatoes and tomatoes) produce alkaloid compounds that deter a wide range of predators, chillies are only plants known to have a directed deterrence strategy.
In contrast, non-piquant chilli seeds passed by the rodents failed to germinate.
The mystery of why chilli peppers are hot has been solved - the answer is for the birds.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991079   (438 words)

  
 The Hindu : Speaking of Science: Why are chillies hot?
The substances responsible for the spicy hotness flavour of the chilli is called capsaicin.
One particular variety of chilli, called capsicum chacoense, is known which is similar in size, shape, colour and nutritive content to the more common C. annuum, but is nonpungent because it is a capsaicin-free mutant.
The chilli plant is a case in point.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/16/stories/08160004.htm   (1864 words)

  
 Just Recipes - Chillies and Pepper Con Queso
Add the milk and cheese and simmer gently until the cheese is melted.
Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan and fry the onion, chillies and pepper for 4 minutes.
Chillies and Pepper Con Queso printer friendly version located here.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0065384.html   (177 words)

  
 ♥ How to make Chillies/chilli sauce info Recipe And Books recipe
Sweet chilli sauces are used as a dip and in some recipes.
Hot Chinese chilli sauce is sold in small bottles and shoull be kept in the refrigerator.
Fresh red chillies should be slit open and seeds removed before use.
http://www.lovelyrecipes.com/recipe.php?recipeid=2896   (128 words)

  
 Matakana Chillies
After 8 years of growing capsicums and chillies, the decision was made to specialise in growing chillies only, so Matakana Chillies was born.
Capsicums was the main produce grown, with a variety of chillies grown on a smaller scale.
The chillies have a refrigerated shelf life of 3 weeks.
http://www.matakanachillies.co.nz   (321 words)

  
 Cutting Chillies - Lingham's Chilli Sauce
Blanching chillies won't give you the smoky flavor that charring does, but the technique is great if you don't have a gas stove.
(Don't put bagged chillies in a cupboard because the plastic is porous and the chillies can oxidize, ruining both the color and the flavor.) With both storage methods, dried chillies last indefinitely.
If you live in a dry climate, the simplest way to dry the chillies is to tie them on a string by their stems, in clusters of three, and hang them in the sun.
http://www.lingham.com/cuttingchillies.htm   (458 words)

  
 Piments confis, Pickled chillies, Mauritian cuisine, cooking and recipes from Mauritius
Pickled chillies are used as an appetiser with a wide range of Mauritian dishes.
Piments confis, Pickled chillies, Mauritian cuisine, cooking and recipes from Mauritius
Place the jars in a sunny location for at least a week to allow the chillies to macerate and pickle well.
http://ile-maurice.tripod.com/pimentconfi.htm   (354 words)

  
 Bulgarian Aubergine Salad with Grilled Peppers
Grill peppers and chillies about 2 inches from heat source, turning them often, until skins are blistery all over, about 5 minutes for chillies and 15-20 minutes for peppers.
Add chillies, garlic and parsley to aubergine and mix well.
Peel peppers using paring knife, handling chillies with rubber gloves if you are sensitive.
http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/aubesal3.htm   (97 words)

  
 Stuffed Anaheim Chillies
Anaheim chillies are mild red chillies, about 15m long.
Heat the oil until a piece of bread turns golden in 60 seconds and fry the chillies for 2-3 minutes until golden brown.
Grill the chillies for 6-7 minutes until blistered and charred.
http://www.manna-veg.com/archiveSAC.html   (148 words)

  
 Halfbakery: You Have Been Chopping Chillies!
Chilli willy I guess it could be described as - and may be very well known amongst chilli eating societies - so much so that the effigies of teary eyed deities may be constructed within holy vestibules.
At the point of purchase when you put your chillies into a plastic bag - hanging from a hook nearby is number of red armbands that display the words 'You Have Been Chopping [insert brand name here] Chillies'.
Whilst cooking dinner this evening, I chopped and diced several hot chilli peppers for my curry.
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/You_20Have_20Been_20Chopping_20Chillies!   (507 words)

  
 Success with Chillies & Caps
To use dried chillies soak in water before using.
Chillies and capsicums can also be grown in pots.
Capsicums and chillies can be affected by aphids, caterpillars, thrips and fruit fly.
http://www.united-nurseries.com.au/success_with_chillies_&_caps.htm   (159 words)

  
 Indian Spices and Masala Exporters,Cooking Spices,Indian Masala Spices,Wholesale Cooking Spices,Spices Exporters and ...
Engaged in exporting chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, pepper powder, aniseed powder, cumin powder, briyani masala, channa masala, chicken masala, egg kuruma masala, fish fry masala, garam masala, curry powder and sambar powder.
Engaged in exporting of red chilli powder, green chilli powder, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, sesame seeds neem seeds, black pepper, green cardamom, tamarind, clove, dry ginger, garlic, onion, turmeric, fennel and fenu greek seeds.
Engaged in exports and supply of a wide range of spices, food spices including chilli, red chilli, raw chilli, chilli powder, chilli seed, coriander powder, raw coriander, coriander seed, cumin powder, cumin seed, big cumin seed.
http://dir.indiamart.com/indianexporters/ag_spice.html   (5303 words)

  
 Chilli Use
When eating chillies it is usually best to remove the seeds, as some people find these taste bitter.
Roasting or smoking will bring out the flavour of a chilli, but experimenting with different ones is the only way to find out what you like.
Cultivating and preserving chillies is an art unto itself, which I will gladly leave to the experts.
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chilli/use.htm   (214 words)

  
 Green Chillies
Green chillies are used in Indian cooking, while red chillies are used in Thai, Vietnamese and Maylasian cuisine.
Select chillies that are firm and blemish free.
May be eaten raw or used in the preparation of salads, salsas, sauces and curries
http://www.tropipak.com/GreenChillies.htm   (84 words)

  
 Beware of these red chillies - Deccan Herald
Following the ripening of chillies, they are dried and the good quality ones are separated into heaps.
The chillies that were rejected from Germany is a case in point.
With such excessive use of chemicals, every acre produces 15 to 17 quintals of Byadagi variety of chilli and 26 to 27 quintals of Guntur variety of chilli.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr202004/spt8.asp   (983 words)

  
 Exporters of wide range of Chillies from India
We can provide fancy chillies for bottling, extraction grade chillies or regular chillies for grinding purpose.
We offer dried with stem chillies and stemless chillies that are hand picked, graded and sorted to give a clean and hygienic product that is packed to customer specification in a hygienic environment.
With branch offices in all the major chilli growing regions of India we are comfortably positioned to cater to the specific demands of our customers.
http://www.spice-chillies.com/red-chillies.htm   (175 words)

  
 maggi dawn: Chocolate and chillies
And it is true that chocolate, chillies and spices not only makes a tasty drink, but one that does seem to have an amazing amount of feelgood-factor results.
Chocolate, chillies, spices, sometimes a very small lump of raw sugar if the mood takes me, stir gently over heat, then wrap self up in fur rug and sheepskin; drink slowly and feel happier than should be legal.
But reading up some years back on the history of chocolate, I learned that chocolate was originally drunk not mixed with sugar and milk, but with chillies, spices and water.
http://maggidawn.typepad.com/maggidawn/2004/12/longest_night_o.html   (1341 words)

  
 Bawarchi: Contributions: Stuffed Chillies
Put oil for heating in a fry pan (tawa) & keep stuffed chillies.
Following is a recipe which many of the guests have liked very much.
Mix grated coconut, turmeric powder, asafoetida, cuminseeds, Salt, Chilly powder, basan together without using water.
http://www.bawarchi.com/contribution/contrib2794.html   (99 words)

  
 Using Chillies - Tallyrand
It must be understood there is a raw chilli heat and a cooked chilli heat.
Add fresh chillies, chilli powder, etc at the start of the cooking process, this allows it to 'cook out', the flavour to develop and the heat to diffuse
This is why most cultures that use a lot of chillies in their cuisine automatically serve a dairy side dish with it: the lasse drink with Indian meals or foods bound in yoghurt, etc, sour cream on top of nachos, etc
http://www.hub-uk.com/tallytip01/tip0050.htm   (604 words)

  
 Chillies Cool Bags
chillies, coolbag, lunchbox, cooler, feel, good, thermal, picnic, icepack, rucksack, outdoors,Chillies is the ultimate thermal bag solution to safe storage of hot and cold items, cool picnics or specialist uses
http://www.feelgoodmarketing.com   (30 words)

  
 about chillies - Lingham's Chilli Sauce
All are accepted spellings, but in real terms 'chile' is the name of the plant, chilli is the name of the Mexican dish.
The oils and juices in the flesh of a chilli have a tendency to ' burn ' your fingers as successfully as they will ' burn ' your tongue.
http://www.lingham.com/allaboutchillies.htm   (387 words)

  
 Chicken with Dried Chillies - ... Singapore food
Heat oil to fry the chicken for a few minutes until almost cooked before pouring in the sauce.
- Leftovers can be used to make fried beehoon (remove the dried chillies and rinse them out in hot water which can be used as stock for the beehoon).
Guess others might need to reduce the amount of chillies used.
http://www.makantime.com/r0003.htm   (121 words)

  
 Chillies info Cooking Tips
The larger red chi lies are milder and green chillies are milder still.
Seeds are often discarded as they are the hottest part of the chilli.
We truly hope you will like these Chillies info tips, and make a great use of Chillies info.
http://www.lovelyrecipes.com/cooking-tip.php?recipeid=2895#top   (111 words)

  
 Just Recipes - Sambal Oelek (Chillies and Spices)
Pound chillies, shrimp paste and salt together in a mortar.
Sambal Oelek (Chillies and Spices) printer friendly version located here.
Just Recipes - Sambal Oelek (Chillies and Spices)
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0027390.html   (159 words)

  
 All About Chillies In Australia, New Zealand & The Southern Hemishphere
This is the ultimate way to use your chillies.
Are you curious about why chillies produce that heat sensation, other effects they have on the body, or other uses for chillies ?
This will be your guide to indentifying the different types of chillies.
http://www.chillies-down-under.com   (535 words)

  
 Paprika Oleo's (I) Limited India Madurai Chillies
POIL, established in 1992 by VPSA Paramasiva Nadar, has rapidly grown to be one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of chillies and chillie products.
We now deal in the entire range of chillie based products from stemless chillies, crushed and ground chillies to capsicum and paprika oleoresins to pure capsaicin and xantho red powder.
It was VPSA Paramasiva Nadar who first exported stemless chillies from India in 1964.
http://epages.webindia.com/india/spice   (132 words)

  
 Chile-Heads Archives Volume 2: [CH] Chillies in vinegar
However, whenever I put whole chillies (normally habs) in they tend to float at the top.
I've been trying different ways of preserving my chillies, most recently trying in vinegar.
I've seen jars that other people have preserved which seem to have whole chillies in them.
http://www.globalgarden.com/Chile-Heads/Archives/vol.2/2120.html   (143 words)

  
 Chile-Heads Archives Volume 3: [CH] Indian "Chillies"
Just a note of information and warning for my fellow CH'ers in India it is believed that "a large intake of chillies or chillie powder is supposed to lead one towards greater sexual activity." I quote from the Flavors of India-Recipes from the vegetarian Hindu Cuisine.
They dry the red chillies and grind them to make Indian chillie powder.
<> RE: Indian chap downing 140 something "chillies." Most of the "chillies" (Mirchi) in India are Surya's or similar and yes they are similar to Cayennes.
http://www.globalgarden.com/Chile-Heads/Archives/vol.3/0649.html   (214 words)

  
 coolchile.co.uk
Chiles / chillies are not just used as spices but as vegetables too.
One cannot eat chiles / chillies alone, so to enable you to complete a Mexican meal or to add to your everyday cooking we also supply all the dried necessities of a well stocked Mexican pantry.
They name their chiles / chillies lovingly according to their shape or taste.
http://www.coolchile.co.uk   (402 words)

  
 Switchback Fair Recipe of the Week
To make the marinade, mix the spices, garlic, chillies, water, lime juice, tequila and petrol in a sturdy vat and stir until your spoon starts to dissolve.
Nowadays our sophisticated palates demand a bigger fallout, so we allow chillies to proliferate throughout the recipe.
3 habanero chillies, chopped fanatically, machine milled, and purified by gaseous diffusion
http://www.switchbackfair.co.uk/2004/recipe.php   (394 words)

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