Trying to make powder. Please help

I thought I could make my own pepper-flakes for making kimchee, I bought dried Thai peppers to use in my kimchee. As it turned out, the correct pepper flakes are a few very specific varieties of "Korean" peppers.

Rick (Stickman) and I are in the process of trying to determine and buy the seeds for the perfect mix of peppers for kimchee.

Anyway, I'd like to make hot-pepper-powder with the two very large bags of dried whole Thai peppers that I have. I tried to use my little food processor and, the powder is more "flakes" than powder. Plus, it is chock-full of seeds.

Do you powder-makers remove the seeds before drying? Would a blender work better than this Micky Mouse food processor?

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

If you want seedless you do that when they are fresh or after drying the whole pod of the Thai. Dry Thai pods release the seeds easily. Try the blender for a finer mix over the FP.

 

[Scovie]

Try a cheap coffee grinder or a mason jar on your blender blade/ring assembly.

 

[HH81Betterhalf]

Yup.... Scov is right, Coffee grinder is what we use here. For peppers and whole spices.... it's never seen coffee beans.

 

[Justaguy]

^yep. Screw a blender base onto a mason jar. Small for smaller amounts and you get powder with not much cloud.

 

[wayright]

Mason Jar and sifter!!!



Kevin

 

[Scovie]

Or this will work also.
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[JoynersHotPeppers]

Mason Jar and sifter!!!



Kevin

 

[Sam & Oliver]

I found trying to put chopped up dry peppers into the coffee grinder clogged it up. I used a Cooks.com bullet blender held in my hand at a 45 degree angle, gently shaking it as it went and all the dried peppers chopped up perfectly. Then I took it out and did a once through in a coffee grinder on espresso setting. Perfect. Look at my "rub" gallery to see how it came out. Like table salt granules.