Material:

• Three large red or yellow spur chillies

Equipments

• Carving knife

Directions

• Cut around the stem of the chilli. Make another cut to open the chilli from stem to tip. Carefully remove the core and seeds.
• Trim the stem end of the skin to form two lobes and the tip end to form a point, thus producing a heart shape as in the picture.
• With the tip of the knife, make a hole in the spathe and insert the core and seeds to create the anthurium spike.

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How to Carved Chilli Carving

Material

• Three red spur chillies

Equipments

• Sharp-pointed knife
• Carving knife

Directions
Type 1

• Select a fresh, medium sized chilli.
• With the carving knife, make cuts from the stem end towards the tip to form three pointed petals of the desired length.
• Carefully pull the tip of the chilli away, leaving the core and seeds as the pistil of the flower.

Type 2

• Select fresh, medium sized chillies.
• With the carving knife, make cuts from the stem end towards the tip all around the chilli to produce many pointed petals of the desired length.
• Carefully pull the tip of the chilli away, leaving the core and seeds.
• The chilli flower may be soaked in very cold water to make the petals spread.

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