• Color: Red
• Size: 7 Ounce (Pack of 1) Chili Powder Red (Regular) Fine. Chile

pepper - Chili pepper - Chilli pepper. Dried chilies can be used whole in

curries and almost any other kind of slow-cooked liquid, as the flavour seeps

out and flavours the food. A variety of ground chiles are available to be used

in a wide range of curries, sauces, pickles, chutneys and pastes. Medicinal

Properties: Aside from their eye-opening flavour, perhaps the most surprising

feature of chile peppers is their vitamin C content: 91 milligrams in 1/4 cup

of fresh chilies. Though we don't eat chili peppers in large quantities, the

amount of vitamin C is still significant. Red chiles are full of beta

carotene. The nutritional aspect of hot peppers most interesting to

researchers today, however, is capsaicin, the compound that gives chiles their

"burn." Capsaicin seems to have a positive effect on blood cholesterol, and

also works as an anticoagulant. And the "high" that some people experience

when eating fiery chile-spiked foods is a perfectly safe one: Some scientists

theorize that in response to the discomfort produced by the chiles' "burn,"

the brain releases endorphins, substances that, at high levels, can create a

sensation of pleasure.