Paprika - Homemade Paprika Powder | Make Paprika Powder at Home
Sumit Malhotra
Paprika - Homemade Paprika Powder | Make Paprika Powder at Home - Paprika is made from the Capsicum Pepper. But, you basically need to start paprika long before you want the powder by growing or obtaining the right kind of peppers.
Prep Time 200 d
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 200 d 10 mins
Course Spices
Cuisine Hungarian, World
Servings 100 Gram
Calories 282 kcal
15 Piece Red Bell Peppers Vitamin D From Sunlight
Dry the red bell peppers by stringing them and hanging them in a dry place. (In India it will takes about 200 days)
Dry the red bell peppers in a food dehydrator.
The peppers must be totally dry!
Remove the stems and the seeds too, if you are making hot paprika
Cut or break the peppers into small enough pieces that they fit in your spice or coffee grinder.
Put the peppers (and seeds for hot paprika) into the spice or coffee grinder and grind them into a powder.
Sift through the paprika to make sure that it is all powder or pass it through the sieve. Repeat the process for what's left.
Store your paprika in an airtight glass jar.
To make smoked paprika, put the bell peppers in your smoker and use oak wood to smoke your red bell peppers dry.
To make sweet paprika, use the same process after removing the seeds.
It is essential that you select thin-walled paprika for the drying process. Thick wall red capsicum may rot especially in humid places.
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