How can I make a chilli less spicy?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 09/02/2011 21:36

My old chilli powder must have been quite old , I've just made a chilli for tomorrow nights tea with new chilli powder and it's much hotter than I'd intended!

Can I tone it down easily and if so how?

Thanks for any ideas

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slartybartfast · 09/02/2011 21:37

yoghurt?
creme fraiche?

ravenAK · 09/02/2011 21:46

Serve sour cream or natural yoghurt alongside?

I'm told you can reduce heat in chilli/curry by simmering a few chunks of potato in it (then chuck them). Never tried so don't know if it works!

Curiousmama · 09/02/2011 21:48

Was going to say the potato. Also the yoghurt/creme fraiche stirred into it.

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 09/02/2011 21:58

Fab.

I'll try the potato thing and will also be serving it with sour cream so I hope our ds's are ok with it!

Thanks for your ideas.

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Curiousmama · 11/02/2011 18:29

Did it work?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 11/02/2011 21:29

Well we did the potato thing and mixed some sour cream in aswell. It did tone it down a bit but unfortunately both boys decided that they didn't like it (it was just one of those nights!) so they didn't eat much of theirs.

DH and I enjoyed ours though

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Curiousmama · 12/02/2011 09:20

Oh well you can't please everyone

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