Bird's eye chilli paste

A very hot paste for use in many Indian dishes

Bird's eye chilli paste

Servings:	1
Calories per serving:	40
Ready in:	2 hours, 20 minutes (mostly cooling time)
Prep. time:	2 hours, 10 minutes
Cook time:	10 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	3rd November 2012

Best recipe review This ROCKS! 5/5 I make batches of this every couple of years and freeze the results; fantastic stuff! Paul R Smith

Ingredients

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• 100g dried bird's eye chillies
• 5 ml tap water

Method

1. Place the chillies in a saucepan and add enough water to cover.
2. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.
3. Allow to cool in the liquid and drain.
4. Blend the chillies in a food processor, adding a little of the water in which it cooked, if necessary.
5. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Servings

Servings: 40 - Makes about 350-400ml

Variations

You can make this with any dried chillies, but if you use milder ones you may need to add more of the paste to your recipe.

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