Paprika - Homemade Paprika Powder | Make Paprika Powder at Home
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.
Ingredients
- 15 Piece Red Bell Peppers
- Vitamin D From Sunlight
Instructions
- 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.
Notes
- 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.