Re: [CH] Making Chile powders?

T (joemama@swissonline.ch)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:51:51 +0100

>I've been trying to find ancho chile powder without success. I was finally
able to find
>some pasilla/ancho pods (they look ancho to me). Is there any special way
to make
>the powder from them?


If they're from CA, pasilla=ancho.  Real pasillas are long and thin.

Anchos are usually somewhat soft,  so to make powder it'd be easier to dry
them till truly dry, then pulverize in a coffee grinder or whatever.

I use a corn grinder, which will even grind the soft pods, though not to a
fine powder.

Tom