I love adding chilli to my food.
I like the taste of the birds eye chilli even more when it’s fresh in a Kachumbari salad. A couple of weeks ago, I went grocery shopping at Marikiti Market in Nairobi and got a bag full of chillis. I know.. š¤£ a bag full sounds like its alot but in my household that bags runs out pretty fast. After a couple of days some of the chilli started looking like it was going bad.. so I decided to make homemade sun dried chilli flakes.
Sun dried Chilli flakes last longer and it’s a way of preserving the chilli for a longer shelf life in addition to saving me cash š°
THE DRYING PROCESS.
I cleaned the chilli and spread them on a flat plate.
I later placed the plate on a sunny spot on my balcony for 2-3 weeks to completly dry.
Alternatively, you can use a food dehydrator. It’s faster when it comes to drying.
After they were completly dry.. I ground them using a grinder cup on my blender and vwala!!
If you don’t like the hot chilli flakes.. you can remove the seeds and grind the skin only to make it a little mild.
STORAGE
I always keep my herbs and spices in airtight glass jars. This helps keep moisture away which in turn gives the chilli flakes a longer shelf life.
For the Recipe Video
Remember to tag @cookingwithnimoh if you get to try out this recipe.. I’d like to see how it goes.
Happy Cooking š
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