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Chili powder.
So how do I do it? I have chillis, I have a dehydrator and every time I try to make powder it ends up more like a flake. Should I dehydrate, grind and then put the flake into the oven for a bit and grind it up again after that?
In short, how do I get dried peppers into a finer material. Im trying for a bhut jolokia/Habanero mix, should be a good mix of taste and heat.
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>>9355039
Maybe use a coffee grinder? My mom's Korean and she ruined my coffee grinder that way.
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>>9355053
That is what I am using, maybe the blades are blunt.
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>>9355079
Use coffee grinder.
Run the grounds through a mesh strainer.
Re-grind.
Rinse / repeat until you have as much as you want.
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>>9355136
>Run the grounds through a mesh strainer.
I have been doing this too, but it's just occurred to me the mesh is what is giving me the problem, I am an idiot. The mesh is obviously too wide.
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>>9355144
>The mesh is obviously too wide.
Try either cheesecloth or pantyhose. Drape them tightly over a plastic box and secure them with tape / rubber band, add the ground pepper to the top and shake it until you get the amount of powder you want.
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>>9355170
dam, cheers man will be trying that later.
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>>9355039
put the peppers(preferably cut in halves, seeds and membrane is optional) on a tinfoil lined baking sheet in the oven at 175°F for 6-8 hours until dried. Then blend the dried peppers and sift the powder through a wire mesh(wear a ventilation mask for this or just tough it out, it WILL burn your throat and nose) into a container. You can use the stuff in the strainer as a topping like pepper flakes and the stuff in the container like you would use chili powder. Hope this helps
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