hello everyone i'm Nima welcome to my youtube channel this video is about chili flakes we
will be talking about what exactly chili flakes are how they're made where did they come from
how can we use them how to properly keep and store them and a lot more so if you want to
gain information about chili flakes and learn something about them keep watching this video
what is chili flakes so it's basically a condiment which can be used as an ingredient in cooking or
as a garnish on the prepared food item chili flakes originated in italy and they mostly use
it on top of pasta and pizza and basically when italians migrated to the us they brought some
chili flakes with them and that's how chili flakes got introduced to the whole world
and as you can guess as you can guess chili flakes are basically made by
drying red chilies and because they're dry they can last a very very long time which is nice
and chili flakes are spicy but the heat is not too too overwhelming it's actually a mild spicy flavor
and if you and it can complete the flavor of your dish so if you want a like mild spiciness in your
food just add a little chili flakes to it you'll see the results how to make chili flakes so making
chili flakes is actually much much easier than you think you only need one ingredient which is
dehydrated chilies that's it you know and you can basically determine the level of spiciness
in your chili flakes if you make it at home if you if you want it to be like super super spicy
uh just use the whole chili flake you know but if you want it to be like a
mild spiciness remove the seeds and what you have to do you basically have to cut the top and bottom
part of the chili uh if you want to remove the seeds remove it now if not just leave them as is
you know and basically toast your chili flakes on a saute pan or a skillet over medium heat
until you can smell the aroma don't don't don't toast them too much because you don't want to burn
them you know as soon as you can smell the aroma take them off the heat source pour them in put
them in another container until they cool down to room temperature when they reach room temperature
basically put them in a food processor turn it on and off until you have like little chunks of chili
flakes and that's it but let's say you didn't have dehydrated chili flakes at first what should you
do if you have chilies you basically can dehydrate them yourself just put them on a sheet pan put
the sheet pan in the oven at like i don't know 200 250 depends on your oven you know and you
basically got to check him every like five minutes 10 minutes until they're like like dehydrated and
when you toast them you actually crisp them up so it's it's much much easier to like cut them
in half in a food processor you know okay now that you know what chili flakes are and you know how to
make them how can we use them so as i said at the beginning of the video they're traditionally used
in on top of pizza and pasta but you can basically use it however you like you can basically use it
in soups and stews in different types of marinades you can use it as a garnish basically however you
like because it has a like mild spiciness and it's not too overwhelming all right if you think you've
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will show this video to more people who want to learn about chili flakes thank you how to keep
and store chili flakes so it's best to store them in an airtight container in a dry dark cool place
and chili flakes will start to lose their flavor and like spiciness after about six to eight months
so it's best to make like little batches at a time if you're making it you're making it yourself at
home it's best to make little batches at a time so you have like a fresh batch every time that
you want to use it alright everyone this is all i had for you guys today let me know in the comments
down below how you like to use your chili flakes because as i said you can basically use it however
you like so let me know how you like to use it all right um if you think you've learned
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