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Chili oil recipe
Main ingredients for chili oil:
Oil (I'm using extra virgin olive oil) 500ml
Dry Ingredients:
Chili flakes (hot chili pepper) 1/2 cup
Non spicy chili powder for color (kasmiri mirch) 2 tbs
Roasted peanuts (ground) 2 tbs
Roasted sesame 1tbs
Salt 2 tsp (or as per taste)
Dry Spices:
Bay leaves 2
Star Anise 1
Cinnamon stick 1 inch
Cloves 3 to 4
Green Cardamom 3 to 4
Black Cardamom 1
Other Spices:
Red onion 1/2 of one medium onion
Green onion 2 strands
Garlic 2/3 cloves
Ginger 3/4 thin slices
Recipe for Chili oil:
Unlike long list of ingredients recipe for chili oil is really simple we only have to be careful in few things.
First heat oil in medium flame. For chili oil we will be using neutral oil so that it will carry the aroma of all the spices we will put into it. In my case I'm using extra virgin olive oil you can use any neutral oil such as canola oil, sunflower oil etc whichever is convenient for you.
Dice very roughly red onion (around 1/2 inch cube ), cut garlic cloves into half, cut green onion in around 1 inch stripes, and slice ginger 2 to 3 thin slice and add them into hot oil. Decrease flame of stove and let them cook for 15 mins. Till this moment you can see the color of those spices will change to light brown color.
When all the above ingredients color becomes light brown you can add dry spices mentioned above and let them cook for 5 more mins.
Remove all the roasted spices from oil.
Put chili flakes and other dry ingredients into a heat protective glass jar or any heat resistant bowl and pour that hot oil into the mixture. Stir it to mix it properly and let the oil cool down.
Aromatic chili oil is ready to be served in any of your favorite food such as noodles, dumplings or fried rice.
