Tag: chillis101
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Chili Pepper: Bhut Jolokia
Not for the faint hearted :O.
I spent half an hour feeling quite ill after try some ghost pepper sauce once. So be careful!
I am only growing them to give to Ben who guests posts on this blog and facebook for me :). I am going to get him to describe the taste if he is game, they are 1,000,000 scovilles after all.
UPDATE: Ben and I tried some yesterday and they really are very fruity. The heat gets you on the top of the tongue and the back of the throat. Seems my chili eating training is paying off :).
Some great gardeners on Facebook have told me they have a fruity flavour and really enhance a meal if you can stomach them :). I CAN CONFIRM!
Like the habanero plant that I have, it seems to spread out rather that shoot up. It is a very nice looking plant to boot.
Flower:
Fruit:
Plant:
Perth Fruiting Months:
- March
- April
Position:
Full scorching hot Perth sun!
Jobs:
Keep feeding it during the fruiting months with eco-seaweed (an Australian made product).
Scale:
Related Links:
- see more posts about growing chilis here
- see more cooking with chili posts here
- go to all ingredients
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Chili Pepper: Habanero Orange
A beautiful looking and complex tasting chili pepper that is easy to grow. In Perth, Western Australia they are ripening in Summer and Autumn. The plant is a spreader rather than a vertical powerhouse.
Warning, they are hot :). I have also read that they impart a kind of apricot flavour.
Flower:
Fruit:
Plant:
Perth Fruiting Months:
December to April
Position:
Full scorching hot Perth sun!
Jobs:
I keep it topped to encourage flowering.
Scale:
Related Links:
- see more posts about growing chilis here
- see more cooking with chili posts here
- go to all ingredients
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Homemade Jalapeno Chilli Powder
Make your own chilli powder using your homegrown chilis. You can mix different chilli types together to get the heat you like or stick with one type as I have here. I used a mixture of green and red jalapenos for a medium heat level.
Simply slice the chilis, pop them into a dehydrator and turn it on low. You will know they are ready when they lose all of their sponginess and feel brittle.
Edit: I bought a mesh bag arrangement in 2020 that lets me dry chillies in the sun during the dry months.
Then add everything to your dry mixer and pulse in short bursts until you get the consistency you like.
Stored in a glass jar or plastic container along with a silica sachet, it should last for quite sometime.
Enjoy,
PK
Check out some more chilli posts and other herbs and spices:
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Chili Pepper: Jalapeño
This is the chili I automatically think of whenever some says, well, ‘chili’. It is middle of the road when it comes to heat and is very flavoursome.
You can do so much with it from using it raw, pickled, cooked and dried. If you prefer flavour over the heat factor, take the seeds out prior to using it. If you reserve your seeds you will have lots of luck propagating them.
It is very easy to grow during summer if it gets regular watering but it does not like the cooler months. Irregular or over watering, especially if the fruit gets wet, leads to rust and other diseases.
You can buy seeds in Western Australia from http://wacse.org/product/jalapeno/
Flower:
Fruit:
Plant:
Here you see them sliced and the seeds exposed:
One serving suggestion (sliced with fish sauce):
Fruiting Months:
- November
- December – gangbusters
- January
- February
- March
Position/Care:
Full scorching hot Perth sun but you must keep them well watered and make it regular. Haphazard watering will lead to fruit drop. Very subject to fungal diseases of the leave.
Standard liquid vegetable fertilser often and additional potassium during the summer fruiting months.
Jobs:
Power feed then prune heavily in April to help them survive the cooler months.
Here is the resulting regrowth late July of a good pruning in April:
Scale:
GICICI Grown Plants
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Related Links:
- FoodHacks: Jalapeno Chili Powder
- see more jalapeno posts here
- see more posts about growing chilis here
- see more cooking with chili posts here
- go to all meal ingredients here
- go the Grow It Perth calendar
- see a work in progress map of edible plant species here
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