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Advice sought on chillies suitable for thai cooking
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Birdseye and Thai hot!
Orange Thai is my absolute favorite.
Chris
Chris
In Portugal they use Piri-Piri to refer to any small kind of hot chilli.
PIRI PIRI
Species: Frutescens Origin: Portugal Heat: Hot
PIRI-PIRI is a Swahili word meaning ‘pepper-pepper’ referring to any peppers. In Portugal, it has come to mean the small fiery hot pepper, found hanging in garlands in all the markets. No chicken is ever ordered in an Algarve restaurant without the question “Com piri-piri?” (with piri-piri?) being asked. Portuguese traders then carried the seeds to their African colonies of Angola and Mozambique. From there, they spread across Africa, along with their Swahili name ‘piri-piri’. To complete the circle, some of the small hot pods were brought back to Portugal, where they have kept their Swahili name up to the present day.
Species: Frutescens Origin: Portugal Heat: Hot
PIRI-PIRI is a Swahili word meaning ‘pepper-pepper’ referring to any peppers. In Portugal, it has come to mean the small fiery hot pepper, found hanging in garlands in all the markets. No chicken is ever ordered in an Algarve restaurant without the question “Com piri-piri?” (with piri-piri?) being asked. Portuguese traders then carried the seeds to their African colonies of Angola and Mozambique. From there, they spread across Africa, along with their Swahili name ‘piri-piri’. To complete the circle, some of the small hot pods were brought back to Portugal, where they have kept their Swahili name up to the present day.
Birdseye is the one they use most, I eat lost of Thai food. On the menus you see "crushed birdseye chili" and the like.
any thai chile, & IMO any similiar cayenne type chile would work. also dried pods work well for cooking asian foods.