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• Chiles in Stockholm - Information on growing chilis in Sweden.
• Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages - Information on numerous spices from around the world. Includes botanical information along with origin and history. Also available in German.
• Growing Peppers - Growing peppers and all the essential information needed to grow peppers from seed or a ready plant.
• History of Chilli Peppers - Information on the origin of chilli peppers and other related information.
• Hot Sauce Blog - Weblog of all things pungent and peppery, with humor, photos, and recipes.
• International Society of Hot Sauce Aficionados - Includes list of commercial hot sauces, mailing list, several sauce recipes, and online newsletter.
• Mark's Hot Links - A collection of links, recipes, and other tidbits related to spice.
• Sawtell Chilli Festival - Site describing the Sawtell Chilli festival and for registrations.
• The Chile Pepper Institute - New Mexico State University site with information on varieties on chili, chili pungency, and links to sauce companies.
• The Mississippi Delta Tamale Trail - A Southern Foodways Alliance documentary project. Includes history of the tamale in the region, recipe with photographs, interviews, and news.
• The Ring of Fire - Webring including sales of a wide selection of chile seeds, hot foods and related products, recipes, and pepper history.
• UK Chile Head - Everything about chile peppers. A database of pepper types with descriptions and images. Cooking, canning and preserving, and cultivation information, with recipes. Includes database of chili recipes.
• Wikipedia - Spices - Gives details on the history of spices and information about general usage.
• rocoto.com - Information on collecting, growing, eating, and preserving South American chile peppers.

Random Indian Recipes:-

• Aamras
  Soak alphonso mangoes in water for 1 hour. After 1 hour press mangoes by fingers lightly. Remove the tip and skin of mangoes. Press and take out the pulp into a bowl. With the help of milk take out all the remaining pulp of the seeds. Mix both in the blender and blend till smooth. Add sugar and elaichi powder. Enjoy with hot puris.
  
  
• Balushai
  Make the syrup of 2 string consistency and add rose essence and lemon juice. In a plate sieve flour and baking soda together and keep aside. In a big plate take curd,2 tsp sugar and 1&1/2 cup ghee and beat finely for 4-5 min. Now add maida and soda. Knead the dough smoothly. Use curd if necessary.(no water) Make small balls off the whole dough and press them a bit. Make thumb impression in center. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for 10 min. Heat ghee in a pan and fry balushai on a ...
  
  
• Bhakarwadi
  In a dish take maida,1 cup besan and add salt . Knead hard dough with 2 tbsp oil and a little water. Cover with a moist cloth. Roast coconut,sesame and khuskhus seeds lightly. In a mixer take sesame,khuskhus,grated coconut and Fennel seeds. Run a mixie for a minute. In a dish take roasted 1 tbsp besan, ground paste,ginger garlic paste,red chilly powder, garam masala powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,asafoetida, sugar and salt. Mix well and add 2 tsp water. Take a midium size ...
  
  
• Sambar Masala Powder
  Fry mustard seeds and asafoetida in little oil. Fry other remaining ingredients one by one. Mix all and make a fine powder. Store in a air tight container. Sambar masala powder is ready to use for dosa and idli.
  
  
• Satyanarayana Prasad
  Clean rava and fry in hot ghee till light brown on slow flame. In another pan mix milk and water and keep to boil. Pour the milk mixture on fried rava. Make pieces of kaju and almond. Chop the banana into small pieces. When rava cook add sugar and cover the pan. Add kismis,kaju,almond and banana pieces. Mix well and cover the pan for 2-3 min. Lastly add elaichi powder. Prasad is ready.
  
  
• Baingan ka Bharta
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place eggplant in pan, cover with foil. Roast until eggplant is soft. After eggplant cools, peel and chop coarsely. Chop onion, green chilly and coriander leaves. In a big bowl mix all ingredients and serve immediately.
  
  
• Bangda Fish Curry
  Clean the pieces. apply salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Keep aside for 30 min. On hot tava fry urid dal for a min. Then in a mixture take fresh coconut,onion,red mirchi powder,turmeric powder,urid dal,methi seeds,coriander seeds and black pepper. Make fine paste using enough water. In a pan ...
  
  
• Gobi Manchurian
  Boil 2 cups of water and add 1/2 tsp salt and cook cauliflower florets for about 5-6 min.drain it and keep aside. In another bowl make a batter of half cornflour,maida,half portion of the ginger garlic paste,red chilly powder,ajinomoto and salt. Dip the florets one by one in batter and deep fry in a hot oil till golden and keep aside. In another kadai take ...
  
  
• Kadboli
  In a pan heat butter and add rice flour,maida,Sesame seeds,red chilly powder and salt. Mix well and knead dough using hot water. Cover the dough and keep aside for 40 min. After 40 min knead again and make small balls out of dough. Now make into rope and give kadboli shape. Heat oil in a kadai and fry kadbolis on low flame till dark brown. Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.
  
  
• Dabeli
  First boil potato and mash it by adding red chilly powder,garam masala powder, turmeric powder,chat masala, tamarind pulp,sugar,asafoetida and salt. Mix well and check the seasoning. Chop onion and coriander leaves finely. In a kadai heat butter and add potato mixture and add little water to cook for 4-5 min. Remove from kadai.mix chopped onion, ...