• Two Brothers Organic Farms Byadagi Mirch Chilli Powder 150 g pack, front of pack
  • One ingredient and a lab report: Byadgi chilli only
  • This Byadgi chilli powder compared with regular chilli powder
  • Why Purepicked chose this Byadgi chilli powder
  • Close-up of the chilli powder inside the pack
  • Chilli powder stirred into a simmering curry base
  • A brass spoon tipping Byadagi chilli powder onto a simmering red gravy in an iron kadhai on a gas burner
  • Back of the 150 g Byadagi chilli powder pack, showing ingredients, net quantity and label details
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Two Brothers India Farms

Byadagi Mirch - Powder (Chilli)

Byadagi Mirch - Powder (Chilli)

₹390.00(₹2.44 per gram)
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Single-originLab-testedNo coloursZero additives

Lab Test Review

  • No mould toxins
  • No fillers or grit
  • Colour from the chilli, not a dye
Pass

Single-origin Byadagi chilli powder.

Reviewed by PurePicked
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Byadagi chilli powder, ground from single-origin Byadagi chillies, prized in Karnataka for their deep red colour and comparatively mild heat. With a single ingredient and no added colour, the vivid red comes entirely from the chilli variety itself rather than any dye rubbed into the powder.

Suited to everyday curries, gravies and tempering — anywhere a dish needs colour without the sting of a hotter chilli.

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Why We Like It

  • The deep red comes from the Byadagi variety itself rather than from an added colourant.
  • Aflatoxins came back below the quantification limit and the microbiology panel is clean.
  • Ground spice is where colour and filler adulteration happens, so a lab panel does real work here.
Ingredients

Byadagi Chilli

Sole ingredient

Dried Byadagi chillies ground into powder; source of the deep red colour and the moderate heat, lab-confirmed at 16,207 SHU.

Two Brothers Byadagi Mirch Powder versus other chilli powders
What to comparePurepickedRegular chilli powder
Ingredient list100% Byadagi Chilli, single ingredientMay be blended with cheaper chilli varieties or fillers
Colour sourceNatural Byadagi variety pigment (ASTA 98.63, lab-confirmed)Sudan dye and synthetic colour risk in unbranded chilli powder
Aflatoxin testingTested — below quantification limit (FARE Labs report)Rarely tested; chillies are a known aflatoxin risk category
MicrobiologyLab-confirmed clean — Salmonella absent, low aerobic countRarely tested

Is It For You?

Good for

Everyday curries, gravies and tadka needing colour without excessive heat

Byadagi-style regional cooking (Karnataka cuisine)

Those wanting a single-ingredient chilli powder

Avoid if

Recipes needing very high heat — Byadagi is a moderate-heat variety despite its deep colour

How to use
01

Use as a 1:1 substitute for regular red chilli powder in curries, gravies and tadka

02

Add towards the end of tempering to preserve colour and avoid bitterness from overheating

03

Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight

What to look for in Chilli Powder?
01

Buy whole where you can. Whole spice you can inspect; powder is easy to pad out with starch, husk or chalk.

02

Rub a pinch between wet palms. Colour that lifts onto skin means added dye. Metanil yellow, lead chromate and Sudan dyes are all documented in Indian spice.

03

A single-ingredient list is the whole point. Anti-caking agents and 'permitted colour' both signal processing you do not need.

04

Steam sterilisation is the clean way to reduce microbes. Irradiation and fumigation are not always declared.

05

Sudan red and brick powder are used to deepen chilli colour. Genuine Byadagi is deep red and wrinkled, not glossy.