Red Chilli Powder can be easily made at home by roasting / sundrying red chillies until crisp and grinding it to a fine powder. Lets get on to learn Red Chilli Powder Recipe with step by step pictures and video for easy understanding and reference.
Red Chilli Powder or Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder is a quite essential spice powder used in everyday Indian cooking. I use a combination of regular long variety red chillies and kashmiri red chillies to make this Homemade Kashmiri Chilli Powder. Red Chilli Powder indian version is shared here, it is also called Lal Mirch Powder.
About Red Chilli Powder
Red Chilli Powder is easily available in supermarkets these days but loaded with artificial colors and preservatives. Its been few years since I started making my homemade spice powders and there is no looking back after that.
Homemade Red Chilli Powder is not only free from chemicals and colors, it is fresh more flavourful and aromatic. I make red chilli powder in bulk which lasts me for about 4-5 months. Usually I sun dry / dry roast red chillies in bulk and give to mill for grinding and store it. This time I made a small batch so tried in my mixer itself and to my surprise it came out soo good and that justifies this post.
Red Chilli Powder is easy to make at home so do try and enjoy the benefits. We need both color and spice level to our red chilli powder which is perfect for every day use. So a combination of regular kashmiri chillies and kashmiri red chillies are used to make red chilli powder. Regular red chillies gives the required hotness and kashmiri red chillies gives the natural fiery hot red color.
So while using this Red Chilli Powder you get the flavour, hotness and color to the dish.
Red Chilli Powder Ingredients
There are many varieties of red chillies but these 2 varieties suits the best for Red Chilli Powder
- Red Chillies : Regular Red Chillies gives flavour and required spice to the maslaa powder.
- Kashmiri Red Chillies : Kashmiri Red Chillies gives a beautiful natural red color to the powder and is less spicy.
I have used a equal ratio of red chillies but you can change it according to your preference like 3/4 kg red chillies and 1/4 kg kashmiri chillies.
Red Chilli Powder Methods
There are 2 ways to make homemade red chilli powder:
- Sun drying : Red chillies are cleaned, stem plucked and sun dried for 2-3 das until crisp and then given to mill for grinding. This method is suitable only to those regions where sunlight is abundant throughout the year.
- Dry roasting : Red chillies are dry roasted in a kadai until crisp, cooled then grinded to make Red Chilli Powder. This method is suitable to all so I prefer this one more.
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Homemade Red Chilli Powder Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 kg long red chillies
- 1/4 kg kashmiri red chillies
Instructions
- First measure and take long red chilli variety. We are going to use both red chillies : the regular long red chillies for spice and kashmiri red chillies for color.
- Pluck the stem from the red chillies.
- You can even keep 3-4 at a time and cut using a kitchen scissor.
- All ready, set aside.
- Now take kashmiri chilli and remove the stem part if any.
- Now kashmiri red chillies is also ready.
- To a kadai add kashmiri red chilli first and dry roast until crisp, remove and set aside. To check break a red chilli it should easily break and not bend then its perfect else roast for few more mins.Alternatively you can sundry the chillies and grind too but sun should be very hot.
- Now add long red chilli variety and dry roast until crisp.
- Cool down completely then add to mixer jar.
- Grind it as fine as possible. Alternatively you can give to mill and grind it too.
- Spread it on a tray and cool down then store in a clean dry airtight container. If you feel its very coarse then sieve it once and store.
- Fresh aromatic homemade red chilli powder ready.
Video
Notes
- Alternatively to skip dry roasting you can sundry the red chillies until crisp.This may take 2-3 days if there is hot sun in your home.Spread a netted cloth to protect it from insects and flies.
- If its summer season you can try sun drying else can use the dry roasting method, but roast it in low flame without burning.
- Keeps well in room temperature itself but incase if you want to store for more than 6 months then take half of it and store in fridge.Keep the rest in your kitchen patry itself and use it.
- The measurement is purely our preference.You can add 1/2 and 1/2 of chilli varieties if you prefer medium spicy like I’ve have done.If you want more spice level then increase long chilli variety.
How to make Red Chilli Powder
1.First measure and take long red chilli variety. We are going to use both red chillies : the regular long red chillies for spice and kashmiri red chillies for color.
2.Pluck the stem from the red chillies.
3.You can even keep 3-4 at a time and cut using a kitchen scissor.
4.All ready , set aside.
5.Now take kashmiri chilli and remove the stem part if any.
6.Now kashmiri red chillies is also ready.
7.To a kadai add kashmiri red chilli first and dry roast until crisp, remove and set aside. To check break a red chilli it should easily break and not bend then its perfect else roast for few more mins.
Alternatively you can sundry the chillies and grind too but sun should be very hot.
8.Now add long red chilli variety and dry roast until crisp.
9.Cool down completely then add to mixer jar.
10.Grind it as fine as possible. Alternatively you can give to mill and grind it too.
11.Spread it on a tray and cool down then store in a clean dry airtight container. If you feel its very coarse then sieve it once and store.
Fresh aromatic homemade red chilli powder ready.
Expert Tips
- Choose fresh red chillies for best flavour.
- Always clean red chillies, pluck the stem before roasting.
- Always use a combination of red chillies for getting perfect hotness, flavour and color.
- Alternatively to skip dry roasting you can sundry the red chillies until crisp.This may take 2-3 days if there is hot sun in your home.Spread a netted cloth to protect it from insects and flies.
- If its summer season you can try sun drying else can use the dry roasting method, but roast it in low flame without burning.
- Keeps well in room temperature itself but incase if you want to store for more than 6 months then take half of it and store in fridge.Keep the rest in your kitchen patry itself and use it.
- The measurement is purely our preference.You can add 1/2 and 1/2 of chilli varieties if you prefer medium spicy like I’ve have done. If you want more spice level then increase long chilli variety likr 3/4 kg red chillies and 1/4 kg kashmiri red chillies.
Storing Suggestion
- I usually make a big batch store in a dry container in fridge.
- Transfer just little to a small container for everyday use and fill it up whenever needed. This way it stays fresh for a long time.
- Dry roast atleast 1 KG of red chillies, cool down then give to mill for grinding. This will last you atleast for 5-6 months depending on the usage.
Variations
- You can use only red chillies or only kashmiri red chillies to make red chilli powder but the flavour and color varies accordingly.
- You can sundry red chillies during summer and give to mill for grinding. You can make in bulk and strore in fridge.
FAQs
1.What is Red Chilli Powder?
Red Chilli Powder is made by dry roasting a combination of red chillies which includes regular red chillies and kashmiri red chillies, cooling it down completely then grinding it fine.
2.What is Red Chilli Powder made of?
Red Chilli Powder is made using a combination of red chillies. Usually the hot variety is used for making red chilli powder but I have used kashmiri red chillies also for color.
3.Is Red Chilli Powder same as Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder ?
No Red Chilli Powder is more spicy and does not give color whereas Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder gives color and is less spicy. If you are using just kashmiri red chilli powder for a recipe then you need to add more to get the perfect hotness to the dish.
4.Is Paprika same as Indian Red Chilli Powder?
Though Paprika and Red Chilli powder looks similar they both differ in taste. Paprika is much milder and has a slight sweettaste. Red Chilli Powder is more hotter than paprika.
Swati patel
nice. it will not take much time if i try this at home , also wants to know what if i donty have kashmiri chilli with me? can i perform the same process with log red chilli?
Sharmilee J
YES
Preethi D
Can you share what kind of a dry grinder mixie, are you using? Since i did not get much of a fine powder, as you show here.
Sharmilee J
I use Hamilton beach mixer
Phillip Minyard
How many whole Kashmiri Red Chiles should I use to prepare 1 tablespoon of Kashmiri Red Chile powder?
Thanks
Sharmilee J
8-10 red chillies but I am not sure whether it will grind finely for such small quantity
Phillip Minyard
What quantity or chile powder does this make?
Thanks
Sharmilee J
Around 1 and 1/4 cups red chilli powder
Enoe De Souza
I enjoyed your video and thanks for the help.
I want to make a vindaloo paste which calls for 25 kashmiri chillies. I do not have a good blender, nor a mill near me. Can you tell me how many tablespoons of powder will 25 chillies make?
Thanks
Sharmilee J
May be around 2-3 tbsp
Owen Michelson
I have a recipe that calls for four Kashmiri Red Chiles, can you estimate what that would equal in teaspoons or tablespoons?
Sharmilee J
may be around 1/2 to 1 tsp red chilli powder