How to Pinch Out Chilli Plants
Should you pinch out chilli plants? Find out what it does, when to do it, and when the UK season is too short to make it worthwhile — with step-by-step instructions.
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Recipes | How To's | Mains | Vegetarian
How to Make Great Pizza at Home
Many moons ago we declared we had discovered the ‘perfect pizza recipe‘. Well after a few more years research we have upped our pizza game here at Chilliking HQ. If you have been wondering how to make great pizza at home then look no further. I think you’d really struggle to make better pizza than…
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How to Freeze Fresh Curry Leaves – The Complete Guide
Freezing curry leaves is by far the best way of preserving them. Using the leaves dry tends to lose some of that delicate, aromatic fragrance that fresh curry leaves have. After much experimentation my preference is to freeze some whenever I have a supply of fresh curry leaves. How to Freeze Fresh Curry Leaves I…
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How to Make Chilli Flakes
Making your own chilli flakes or powder is very simple and perhaps the easiest way to use up a glut of ripe chillies. Making flakes is the perfect activity for an autumn when you plants are heaving with ripe fruit. The easiest method that produces the most consistent results is to use a food dehydrator….
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Cooking with a Tandoor Oven
A few months ago i got a slightly random phone call form my father asking if I wanted a tandoor oven. He was at a local auction and had spotted a lot that contained 4 fully functional, clay lined tandoors that had presumably been used by some now defunct catering business. The good news was…
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Propagating Curry Leaf Plants from Cuttings
A simple guide to propagating curry leaf plants from cuttings. Here’s how to propagate them from cuttings, overwinter them successfully and keep them producing fresh leaves
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Self Watering Plant Trays
It seems like I’m forever watering my plants or worrying about if they’re drying out while I’m at work or away for an odd day or two. In fact it is the bain of my gardening life. A while ago now I posted about how I’ve built some self watering pots to use over the…
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Chilli Grow Cupboard Build
After many years of growing chillies it’s become a habit to use artificial lighting early in the year to start my seedlings before Spring arrives in earnest. For the last few years I’ve mainly been using my old grow box which has been cluttering up the house every year for far too long. After a few…
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Saving Chilli Pepper Seeds
As the popularity of growing chillies increases so does the bewildering number of varieties out there. One great way to experiment with growing different varieties is to save seeds from your current plants and swap seeds with fellow chilli growers. You can even experiment by trying to cross pollinate your plants and create new varieties….
