Topic: I got a eff load of chilies

[Unclebuck]

Got to the grocers at last knockings he was just shutting shop and he put all veggies/fruit inside the shutters, i asked for few ingreadents one being a handful of chilies, he sorted me out and said pay tomorrow [nice feller] anyhow i get home and ive got about a 2 kilo's of chilies

now dont wanna wast em, i gonna use a few tonight, so wot to do with the rest?

[natterjak]

Two ideas for you....

a) tell us where you live and offer free chillies to anyone willing to collect, or;
b) chop them up and freeze into single serving portions.

I'd go for (b), but that's just me 

[mr.mojorisin]

nice stroke of good fortune

i just bought this
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/tesco-price-comparison/herbs_and_spices/nishaan_minced_red_chilli_320g.html

maybe you could do something similar regarding mincing them up and storing.
alternatively, stick em in blender and freeze in ice cube trays

[Unclebuck]

nice stroke of good fortune

i just bought this
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/tesco-price-comparison/herbs_and_spices/nishaan_minced_red_chilli_320g.html

maybe you could do something similar regarding mincing them up and storing.
alternatively, stick em in blender and freeze in ice cube trays

i knew the ice cube trick wasn't far away... but like you tinking.. anyone tryed chili paste, chutney or pickle?

[Curry Barking Mad]

You could chop them up and fry in a little oil until starting to soften and add salt to taste and a little lemon juice.
Seal in small jars for your own chilli paste.
Mick

[mr.mojorisin]

you could have a stab at drying them out or pickling them

try here
http://www.happynews.com/living/cooking/dry-chili-peppers.htm

or here
http://www.thechilliking.com/info/preserving-chillies/

or here even
http://www.worldofchillies.com/growing_chillies/preserving_chillies/preservechillies.html

[Unclebuck]

mr.mojorisin

I need to thank you for your post and links most useful and lots of good reading pls if you have any more gems, there is a links section side-board on the site

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=6.0

pls post away 

[Unclebuck]

You could chop them up and fry in a little oil until starting to soften and add salt to taste and a little lemon juice.
Seal in small jars for your own chilli paste.
Mick

Mick hows it going me old curry professor? [this site has always had a really annoying habit of fecking my post replies off!!] the more i think about it the more i like it, chilli paste... wot you recon mill the mothers out of em?.

heres what going though my mind [apart from a tank load of lager] simmer chilies seeds and all - add - salt - lemon - garlic - turmeric - oil - blend til smooth, jar it up... wot you say??

[chewytikka]

Hi UB
I make and use minced chilli/coriander paste in my cooking.
Just blitz the raw chillis and coriander with a bit veg oil and salt.
Similar to G&G paste

Also a good tip for keeping them whole and fresh, is to sort
through them and dump any scabby ones, remove all the storks and discard.
Put the chillis in an air tight container in the fridge, they will stay fresh much longer.

cheers Chewy

[artistpaul]

just chuck the whole bag of them in the freezer as they are completely intact and simply use directly from the freezer as required, the long thin ones will defrost in 5 mins, then chop and deseed.

Ive been doing it that way for years