03/03/2026
‼️Save this recipe because once you make your own chilli oil, there’s no going back 🌶️🔥
If you’re making my no-steamer dumplings (scroll down), this is the only sauce you need:
🔸 Ingredients 👇
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 2 small onions (roughly sliced)
• 4–6 garlic cloves
• 2½ tbsp chilli flakes (crushed)
• Scallions (optional but SO good)
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• Salt to taste (I added ~1 tsp)
🔸 Step 1: In 1 cup oil, add cinnamon stick, anise, onions and garlic. Let everything cook gently until the onions & garlic turn golden brown and fragrant. Low to medium heat. Once golden, strain the oil.
🔸 Step 2: In a heat-safe bowl, add:
• 2½ tbsp crushed chilli flakes
• Some freshly chopped garlic
Now carefully pour the HOT strained oil over it and add 1 tsp soy sauce, salt to taste and fresh scallions on top.
Drizzle it over dumplings, eggs, noodles, rice, even parathas. No rules
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