What Are The Culinary Uses Of Chili Powder?

Chili powder is hot and is used all around the world to spice up food and stimulate taste buds; it is also used to give special color and aroma to cuisines. Chili or Chili pepper is native to Central America and is used in Mexican cuisines since centuries. Chili plant is perennial small shrub that grows up to a meter height, it bears white flowers and its fruits can be fleshy, mild, Mexican bell peppers or finger like green in color commonly grown all over India. Fruit is either plucked when green or is allowed to dry, it is either used fresh as green chili or is dried and grounded to make powder. When dried, green chili turns into red, however chili is found in many attractive colors like yellow, mustard and black.

Culinary Uses of Chili Powder

Red Chili powder or pepper can be used in any cuisine except sweets to enhance taste and increase heat. Chili in powdered form is used with curd, yoghurt, sprinkled over fried potato dishes etc.

Chili sauces are excellent support to enhance taste and heat of the food, take habanoras or Serrano chili, add two tablespoons of Lime juice and one tablespoon of Orange juice mince together and serve. It works as smacking taste enhancer.

Add Chili powder to soups to enhance its taste and nutritional value, one very tasty cuisine is barley and bean soup. Use Olive oil to cook and add garlic and Red Chili powder, stir to let them combine evenly and add barley, beans and water to make a delicious and nutritious soup.

Red chili powder can add extra spice and heat to tomato sauce. Add some Chili powder to minced tomatoes and make sauce for improved taste.

Chili paste will help a lot while cooking and it can be prepared quite easily. Take dried red chilies and break them into pieces, boil for 30 minutes with water to make a paste. This paste stays fresh for 10 days in a refrigerator and can be topped on crackers, fried potatoes, vegetables, gravies and as meat rub.

Chili infused oil are endlessly useful, it can be used for saut�©ing food, salad dressing, with vegetable marinades and meat. Cooking in Chili infused oil is easiest way to enhance taste of food.

Chili infused Vinegar is smacking substitute for simple Vinegar; it can be used for pickling, dressing, vegetable topper and with bread. Chili infused vinegar is good substitute for oils used in meat marinades and for making puddings and sauces.

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