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A lot of time we find ourselves with a lot of chillies on hand, either we bought them, grew them or just over-estimated what we need! After doing that comes the hard task of making sure that they don’t go bad, it’s not so hard afterall! Here is a great tip that was shared with us by a viewer, Sini, thanks for sharing!

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21 Responses to “Storing Chilies”

1. Anonymous Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 3:58 am

   I do the same thing… just store it in ziplcok bag….

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2. manjula Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 7:09 am

   I do the same thing… just store it in ziplcok bag

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3. Bhavika Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   I do the same thing ..Just one addition what I do is wrap them in tissue paper after taking the stems off and then they just last and last as u guys mentioned

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   September 30th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

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5. Priya Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 4:27 pm

   Didi,

   Is it Sili or Sini ? Explanation says Sili and the video says Sini.
   Jus a thought..dont get me wrong.

   Priya

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6. Sweta Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

   Hi Anuja & Hetal,

   Your recipes are very good.

   I also do the same thing with chillies, just in addition I freeze them. They can be used for 3-4 months.

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7. Jayashree Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 12:52 am

   Hi Anuja & Hetal

   Thanks for the wonderful tip !!

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8. noor Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 2:55 am

   hi hetal n anuja,
   thanx for ur wonderful tips.
   and yeah one thing i’d love to mention that voice of ur video is superb now.

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9. Vaishali Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 7:34 pm

   hello hetal and anuja,

   wonderfut tip..
   i use to do the same thing.

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10. Vaishali Says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    hi hetal and anuja.
    wonderful tip..

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11. Swati Says:
    October 6th, 2009 at 2:50 am

    why was this a waste tip? Did u know it already or does it not work as expected?

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12. Sowmya Says:
    October 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    Yet another way of storing green chilli:
    I leave the green chillies out for 15 minutes on dry paper towel as soon as i get it from the store. The moisture on green chillies get dried up. Then i wrap that green chilly inside paper towel and store it in ziploc cover or air tight box. It stays fresh upto 1 month in refrigerator.
    Note: I don’t remove the green chilli tip.
    Sowmya

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13. gayatri bhattacharya Says:
    October 9th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    hi girls!
    i am a great fan of ur cooking.could u please demonstrate how 2 use the different modes of a microwave oven,like grilling,pre-heating,etc and how to cook simple recipes like plain rice,daal,subzi,etc

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    anirbhan Reply:
    February 7th, 2012 at 11:32 pm

    watch on youtube or ehow or yahoo videos or google it gayatri
    ta

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14. Anonymous Says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    HEY HETAL-ANUJYA

    FABULOUS TIP….THANKS

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15. Krithi Says:
    June 29th, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    Hi,

    After i remove the stems, i wash it with salt water so that all bacteria will be killed, then i store it in a damp paper towel inside a ziplock cover.
    This method makes it last even longer

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    anuja Reply:
    June 30th, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Hi Krithi,

    Thanks for your tip, will give it a try

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16. Seema Says:
    March 4th, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    Hi,

    If you will store these chillies covered in the paper towel and then in a ziplock you can keep them for more days and incase if 1-2 chillies turn bad others are saved.
    Seema

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17. jay Says:
    July 30th, 2012 at 12:29 am

    how do you store garlic.
    any suggestions.
    i buy the bag of peeled garlic from costco but noticed some of them get mouldy after a week.

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    hetal Reply:
    August 6th, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    Hi Jay,

    Already peeled garlic is a great time saver if you use A LOT of garlic. However, they soak the garlic in water to be able to peel it quickly and thus makes it prone to molding. You can peel garlic at home in small batches and just keep it in a ziploc bag or container in the fridge. It stays really fresh.

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18. Kay Says:
    September 3rd, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this tip. As soon as I read it I went right to the fridge and took the stems off my chilies.

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