Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone has an imitation recipe for the Coco Ichibanya spice powder. Not the curry powder itself – I use Golden Curry, plus this recipe ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpomN-KpMMn1dk7df1iJSI4lCqGL2vSBM-hl04n_6GI/edit?usp=sharing ).
What I need is a way to actually get the spice level to be what I want.
Amazon has them for $17 for a pair, but on top of the price they usually package them poorly and we've had them break. I'd like to try to make my own, even if I have to grow the pepper plants for it myself.
My Japanese isn't the greatest, but fortunately when you buy the spice powder over Amazon you get a mildly helpful ingredients list.
The listed ingredients are:
"Black pepper, chili pepper, starch, chili powder, chili powder, curry powder, calcium phosphate, and spice extract."
Obviously, 3 different variations of peppers makes for a difficult imitation, as does spice extract, but I want to try. It does specify that it's Indian black pepper but I don't see that making a difference.
The three spices are listed as:
1. 唐がらし (tōgarashi) – basically chili pepper blend.
2. チリパウダ (literally "chiripauda") – chili powder.
3. 陳皮 (Chinpi?) Closest I can see in searches is tangerine peel? Except the English label I've got says it's another kind of pepper, and I can translate the other ingredients listed.
Any ideas?
On alternative I was planning on was mixing black pepper, togarashi, red pepper flakes, and chili powder.
by dmcfarland08