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How to make Peri-Peri Mix

How to make Peri-Peri Mix

Name: How to make Peri-Peri Mix
Total time: 56 s
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons Red Chilli Flakes; 1 teaspoon Oregano Herbs; 3 units Green Cardamom; 1 teaspoon Salt; 0.5 teaspoons Cinnamon Powder; 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder; 1 teaspoon Dry Ginger Powder; 2 tablespoons Red Chilli Powder; 0.5 teaspoons Black Pepper Corn; 3 teaspoons Cumin

Time10 Min

DifficultyEasy

Serves1

Whether you are making an authentic Italian dish like pasta or fries, or any other dish, the flavour and taste of these dishes can be augmented to a whole new level by adding peri mix to it. People who love working and experimenting in the kitchen love to dabble with various masalas and mixes. Many of these kitchen masalas can be made at home. You just need to know what all ingredients are require ... d for the same. If you are wondering How to Make PerPeri Mix, there is a very simple and easy to follow the way to get this mix ready. When making this mix in the kitchen, you need to have all the necessary ingredients ready. Check out how to make peri peri mix video and understand step by step instructions. It hardly takes 10 minutes’ time to get this mix ready provided you have all the ingredients ready to be ground and mixed. Take out your blender jar and keep it ready for a lot of grinding and mixing of masalas like cumin, cinnamon, dry ginger, black peppercorn, chilli flakes, and more. Watching this video and understanding the instructions, it is easier to know how to make peri peri mix at home. Now, you will not have to buy peri peri mix from the market as you can make it fresh in your kitchen. Once you know how to make peri peri mix, you are all set to take your dishes taste and flavour to the next level.

Ingredients

Dry Grocery

Red Chilli Flakes

2 teaspoons

Oregano Herbs

1 teaspoon

Green Cardamom

3 units

Salt

1 teaspoon

Cinnamon Powder

0.5 teaspoons

Garlic Powder

2 teaspoons

Dry Ginger Powder

1 teaspoon

Red Chilli Powder

2 tablespoons

Black Pepper Corn

0.5 teaspoons

Cumin

3 teaspoons

Directions

Take a pan dry roast separately cumin seeds, black pepper corn and green cardamom. Let it cool down.

In a blender jar, add all the roasted spices. blend to make fine powder.

Transfer the powder to a bowl, add all the remaining spices and salt. Mix well.

Peri peri spice powder is ready, transfer it to an airtight container and store in a dry place upto 1 month.

How to Make Peri Peri Mix

If you wish to know how to make peri peri mix restaurant-style, just follow the below-given directions. Take a pan and dry roast cardamom, black peppercorn, and cumin seeds. Blend roasted spices in the blender. Keep it aside. Add other spices and add to the mix as per how to make peri peri mix description. Add salt. Mix Well Your peri peri mix is ready for use. Transfer it into an airtight container and it is ready to be used for at least a month. Add peri peri mix to various dishes and enjoy peri peri mix benefits. Some of these benefits are- It is an excellent seasoning agent It augments the taste, flavour, and aroma of a dish. It is rich in minerals and vitamins. It has curative properties.

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What is Peri-Peri?

Peri-Peri just means "Pepper Pepper" in Swahili. For those who don't know Swahili, it is a language spoken by the Kenyan people. It refers to pepper pods or chillies that give you a spicy flavour and can turn any dish extra hot and delicious. When mixed and roasted with other ingredients like pulses and herbs, this peri-peri enhances the spice and blends to form an aromatic masala widely called the peri peri masala. It is sprinkled over various foods for additional spice and tanginess. This multipurpose seasoning peri peri masala adds fiery flavours to any dish, mainly chicken. The peri peri masala can also be converted into a sauce used to marinate meat for a barbeque. If you want an instant seasoning mix with exotic spice, then the peri peri masala would be a perfect choice to satisfy your taste buds. The peri peri masala is available online and can be prepared at home if you want it free from preservatives and other additives that do not match your taste. The ones who don't know how to make peri peri masala at home can look into our peri peri masala recipe online and get started. The entire process of making peri peri masala is relatively easy and can be prepared in almost the same way in which we prepare biryani masala or garam masala. The peri peri masala ingredients slightly differ from the other masalas, keeping them unique and zestful in taste. The one main factor that sets apart the peri peri masala from all other regular spices is its delayed sensation of spice in the mouth when consumed.

Origin of Peri Peri

Peri Peri is otherwise known as African bird's eye chilli. It is one of the chief peppers of Africa and is a cultivar of Capsicum Frutenscens. This chilli grows in pale yellow and matures into a bright red colour at the time of harvesting. Peri peri was originally grown by the Portuguese, who had settled in Mozambique and the borders of South Africa. The spice played a significant part in the Portuguese food culture, developing a peri peri masala recipe even before the '70s. It later became prevalent because of its significant taste and was cultivated in Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. The Portuguese were the first to teach the world how to make peri peri masala with the right choice of herbs and additives that gave great flavour to any dish. In recent years, the fame of the peri peri masala recipe has travelled across the globe. However, the Portuguese's most popular dishes with peri peri mix masala and peri peri sauce are Portuguese chicken and shrimp. The peri peri masala is welcomed all over the world and tried on different types of cuisines. The impact of peri peri masala ingredients in any cuisine is that even the smallest piece of food when touching your tongue feels like intense heat and spice rushing down your throat. The recipe of peri peri masala slightly varies from place to place, but its spice and tanginess feel the same everywhere.

Uses of Peri Peri

1. Peri peri masala is used to add up spice to charcoal chicken, barbeque chicken, prawns etc. 2. Gun powder can be replaced by peri peri powder for more spice and tanginess. 3. The peri peri masala powder, coarsely ground, can also be used as a seasoning over pizzas, pasta, sweet potato fries, etc. 4. Peri peri contains a rigid amount of capsaicin which gives you the kick of spice and enhances your moods. 5. These chilli seeds are rich in vitamins A, B and C. 6. Peri peri masala has a wide variety of applications on different dishes. 7. Peri peri acts as a natural preservative. 8. Peri peri increases the secretion of an endorphin hormone in our body, thus giving a good feel.

Other Homemade Masala Recipes to Try:

Source up other meals apart from the peri peri masala! Try your hands on the chaat masala powder and pav bhaji masala powder. They are delicious and yet healthy recipes as they have no preservatives and food colours.

How to make Chaat Masala at Home?

Here is a recipe for chaat masala powder in the simplest form: Steps: 1.Take 1 cup of coriander seeds, 1 and ¼ cups of cumin seeds, ½ cup of thymol seeds and ½ cup of mango powder. 2. Add 2 ½ tsp of garam masala, 4 tsp of powdered black pepper and 2 tsp of citric acid to the mixture. 3. Dry roast the above ingredients in a pan until they let out their aroma. 5. Allow the mixture to cool. 6. Add 1 and ¼ cups of powdered black salt or rock salt. 7. Finally, add ½ cup of dried and powdered mint leaves. 8. Grind all the ingredients into a fine powder and store in an airtight container.

How to make Paav Bhaji Masala Powder at Home?

Paav bhaji is a famous street food with a lot of butter and some spicy vegetable curry. Here is a recipe for the masala powder that is added to the curry. Steps: 1. In a pan, add a hand full of red chillies. 2. Add 3 tbsp of coriander seeds, 2 tbsp of cumin seeds and 2 tbsp of fennel seeds. 3. Add 4 to 5 pieces of cloves and an inch of cinnamon. 4. Also, add 3 to 5 pieces of cardamom to enhance the fragrance and aroma. 5. Dry roast all these ingredients on a medium flame for about 2 to 3 minutes until the spices start letting out the aroma in them. 6. You can also dry roast the spices individually if you need a larger quantity of masala powder. 7. Allow the mixture to cool and grind them to a powder. 8. To this mixture, add turmeric powder. It is optional based on your taste. 9. Add 1 tbsp of black pepper powder, preferably freshly ground and 1 tbsp of dried mango powder. 10. Depending on what is available, you can add 1 tbsp of black salt or regular salt to the mixture. 11. Blend and grind all these ingredients to form a fine powder. 12. Store it in an airtight container so that it lasts for a more extended period.