Topic: Kashmiri/degi mirch?

[Tommy Timebomb]

I have read that another name for Kashmiri chili powder is Degi Mirch.
Could someone please confirm this for me please as if this is the case then it has been staring me in the face for ages.
TIA

[Peripatetic Phil]

I have read that another name for Kashmiri chili powder is Degi Mirch.
Could someone please confirm this for me please as if this is the case then it has been staring me in the face for ages. :-\TIA

'Fraid not, Tommy : two different things.  I use Kashmiri for colour, Deggi for heat; both give colour, both give heat, but each emphasise a different role.  To know what you are looking for when you next visit the shops, see the images below.

** Phil.
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http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/MDH-Deggi-Mirch-Big.gif
http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/MDH-Kashmiri-Mirch-Big.gif

[Tommy Timebomb]

Thanks Phil,
I unfortunately thought I had it cracked for a minute. Either I was reading it wrong or they have got it wrong.
I got my information from this place...
http://nomoremicrowaves.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/wtf-is-kashmiri-chili-powder/

[Peripatetic Phil]

Thanks Phil.  I unfortunately thought I had it cracked for a minute. Either I was reading it wrong or they have got it wrong.  I got my information from this place...  http://nomoremicrowaves.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/wtf-is-kashmiri-chili-powder/

Yes, I've seen the same statement elsewhere, but I have both in my spice cupboard and can assure you that, at least as boxed and sold by MDH, they are not the same.  Similar, yes; the same, no.  If only one could buy a Scoville meter as easily as a Redox/ORP meter, I could do some quantitative analysis and share the results !  But I think it would be fair to say that if a recipe called for one, and you had only the other, you could substitute it without major problems : Deggi does indeed give a nice red colour, just not as red as Kashmiri; and Kashmiri does give heat, just not as much as Deggi !

** Phil.

[Secret Santa]

Kashmiri chilli powder should be ground kashmiri chillies. Deggi, on the other hand, is ground resham-patti chillies and possibly other stuff like paprika and even kashmiri chillies.