Chili powder Chili powder Chili powder (also powdered chili, chile powder or chilli powder) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (also sometimes known as chili powder blend). It is used as a spice to add pungency or piquancy and flavor to dishes. In American English, the name is usually spelled "chili". In British English the spelling "chilli" (with two "l"s) is used consistently. Chili powder is used in many different cuisines, including American cuisine, particularly in Tex-Mex, Chinese, Indian, Korean, Mexican, Portuguese, and Thai. Chili powder blends are
Iranian cuisine and stew dishes, but also to simmer a type of squash dolma. Unripe grapes are also used whole in some dishes such as "khoresh e qure" (lamb stew with sour grapes). As a spice, verjuice powder ("pudr e qure") is sometimes reinforced by verjuice and then dried. "Advieh" or "chāshni" refers to a wide variety of pungent vegetables and dried fruits that are used in Iranian cuisine to flavor food. One of the traditional and most widespread Iranian spices is saffron, derived from the flower of "Crocus sativus". Rose water, a flavored water made by steeping rose petals in water,