Heera Chilli Whole Long 50g

Nimbu-mirchi hung over the new shop door every Saturday, the chillies shrivelled by Friday.

• What: Whole dried long red chillies (vathal milagai)
• Pack: 50 g
• Brand: Heera, from P&B (Foods) Ltd, Bradford
• Best for: Tempering, kuzhambu paste, home-made podi

Dried red chillies, also called kaaintha milagai / vathal milagai (Tamil) · unakka mulaku (Malayalam) · ona menasinakai (Kannada) · endu mirapakayalu (Telugu) · sukhi lal mirch (Hindi) · sukhi lal mirchi (Marathi) · sukka lal marcha (Gujarati) · sukki lal mirch (Punjabi) · shukno lanka (Bengali).

What it is

Heera is the main brand of P&B (Foods) Ltd, a Bradford-based company that calls itself one of the largest independent wholesale distributors of Asian foods in Britain and Europe. This is its whole dried long red chilli in a small 50g pack; the listing gives the ingredient simply as whole long chilli.

Fried whole in the tadka they blister and darken, giving the oil a smoky heat without much colour. Soaked and ground, they make the base of kuzhambu and chutney. Choosing between dried chillies? Long chillies for everyday tempering; Heera Kashmiri Chilli Whole 50g for colour with less heat; Heera Bird's Eye Chilli 50g for small, fierce heat.

Tip: Break each chilli in two before it goes into the oil. It fries evenly instead of one side burning.

Goes well with: Heera Black Mustard Seeds, Heera Coriander Whole, Udhaiyam Urid Dal Split

Whole long chilli

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