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How to Store Red Chilli for Long Time |Kitchen Summary How to store red chillies for long How to store chilli for long time - kitchen storage tips in telugu How to Store Red Chilli for a long time Drying and storing chillies (Summary) Cleaning & Storing - Dried Red Chillies how to dry Red chilli and store|dried chillies Useful kitchen tips/Kitchen Tips and Tricks in Telugu/Easy Tips to Store Pulses for long time How to dry chillies | Kitchen Summary Clean and Store Dried Red Chillies so that they can be used readily for pusposes where it needs to be used dry. A little bit of Spicy Gyan on Chillies... Chillies are commonly seen to spice the Indian, Thai and Indo-Chinese cuisines. They are later entrant into Indian Market. It was native to South America. Later spread & cultivated at different parts of the world. Chillies were brought to India by the Portugese in the 16th Century. Then what did we use to spice up our food before the arrival of Chillies? "Black Gold" as known to the entire world - The Black Peppercorns. It spread to the world from our Country. Grown in the state of Kerala. Chilli is a fruit or a vegetable? Chilies, with their internal, edible seeds, are most definitely a fruit. Yes, a fruit most often eaten like a vegetable, but a fruit nonetheless. The variety I have shown in the video is "Akola" Chilli from the State of Maharashtra. This is medium spicy and not so rich in colour but good to use. The variety from the State of Andhra Pradesh is the famous Guntur Chilli. This State is known for it's spicy dishes. Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of Chilli in India. "Bhut Jolokia" is the spiciest Chilli in our country from North East India. The "Gandhari" is from Kerala. This variety is also known as Bird's eye chilli and is also grown in north eastern India. Normally, chillies will be hanging down towards earth from the plant. However this chilli stands up straight with their pointed end towards the sky. They are small in size and great in spicy taste. Have you ever wondered after eating in a fine dine Restaurant about the flavour of chilli used in the dish? The "Pandi Mirch" is the most common variety of Dried Red Chili that is used widely in fine dine restaurants for Tadka (tempering) and in fine dine Chinese Cuisines. This gives spiciness and flavour to the dish, to which it is added. The second variety they use is the "Byadgi" Chilli from Karnataka. It is grown in a place called Byadgi. This has second largest turnover in chilli production in India. This gives out more colour and is less spicy in cuisines. "Kashmiri" Chillies are rich in colour but they are less spicy. So for Masala Powders that need to be Red in colour, this chilli is used. Naga Chillies are also very spciy. Do you know, to keep elephants at bay, in Africa, Chillies are ground and mixed with dung, made like big cakes and then burnt to naturally drive elephants away? Even armies, use this as a weapon when needed. The round Chilli known as "Madrasi Chilli " - is actually called "Mundu". It is from Ramanathapuram district of Tamizh Nadu. If you have noticed the photos mentioning cuisines from tamil nadu, the red plum like garnishing on top which enhance the presentation is actually this chilli. This chilli is not very spicy but it gives nice flavour to the dish. There are many varities of Chillies grown in our country but I have shared few important ones that has an important place in cuisines widely preferred. Chillies are an integral part of our Indian cooking infusing their Colour, Taste and Flavour according to their charachter. Research says, Chillies have health benefits viz., source of Vitamin C, reduce intestinal tumors, helps in weightloss, etc... but should be under nominal use. Anything in excess will create its own problem. Spice up your food to stay active and healthy!