Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Homemade Red Chilli Powder Recipe is a gluten-free, vegan Indian spices made with simple everyday ingredients in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 · 1 Small Jar
- Category: Spices
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 50 grams Kashmiri red chillies (or preferred dried red chillies)
Method
- First remove the stems from the Kashmiri chillies.
- Heat up a wok or a kadai or a frying pan. Keep heat to a low or medium-low.
- Add the chillies and stirring often roast for 4 to 5 minutes or until lightly toasted/roasted and aromatic. There is no need to brown the chillies.
- Turn off heat and transfer the roasted/toasted red chilies to a plate to cool.
- Once cooled, transfer the chillies in a mixer-grinder or spice-grinder.
- Grind to a fine powder.
- Transfer to an air-tight spice jar or a small glass or steel jar. Store in a cool dry place.
- Use the red chilli powder as needed to make your recipes.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
