Toasted Ground Chile

You can find this condiment in every Thai home. Although it’s typically used to finish a dish or customize a bowl of noodles, sometimes toasted chile flakes are also used in cooking or to make a sauce. Preparing them is easy—in terms of tools, all you really need is an oven and a way to process the chiles. Back in the day, chiles were dried in the sun and then ground down using a mortar and pestle. Now we have ovens and food processors to speed up the process. Ultimately, it depends on how