Green chilli frozen cubes ..

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I was amazed to find this stuff in ASDA the other day …

Its a frozen packet of crushed green chilli cubes … I was thinking of using it for things like when mixing in yoghurt for dahi ballay or dahi bari’s … has anyone ever tried them? do they taste good or would it be a bad choice :hmmm:

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I freeze my own crushed green chillies and mine taste fine in everything, curries, dahi or anything else really so I guess the Asda ones might be OK too.

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thanks so much for your input Mrs NM … I guess i will start doing that too …

Question , currently husband brings fresh green chillies and I freeze them after a day or two in the fridge .. then occasionally keep on using them directly from the freezer … but they tend to lose their sharpness and aromatic smell … even some guests who like to have chilli and spicy stuff , say the green chilli when frozen loses its oomph… have you felt the same and is there anyway around it?

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Yes use fresh ones instead . :slight_smile:

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Buying in really small quantity is expensive here Mirch .. so we buy it in a larger pack .. I use them fresh for as long as I can .. but when they start going slightly limp, I have to freeze them …

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If you and your guests prefer spicier taste , then I would suggest you keep some chillies in the fridge to be used fresh and then freeze the rest. I personally don’t notice a difference, but we don’t eat really hot curries and our tastebuds have adjusted to less spicey food since having children. I bet if you didn’t tell your guests the chillies were frozen they might not even notice the difference :wink:

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my mom makes cubes of tomato paste, ginger garlic paste, green chutney, green chilies… they are extremely handy. I only do tomato paste/puree cubes. Do it at home, it will be a lot cheaper.

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yup Lusi , thats a very helpful tips :hugz: thanks so much for sharing

Mrs NM, Thanks so much … yesterday I tried the frozen crushed green chillies, I could tell that the khana had become spicy but the beautiful aroma of the green chilli was missing :frowning: