Bhut Jolokia a Chili Pepper Which Grows In Assam Region Of NE India Is Confirmed by Guinness World Records To Be The Hottest Chili In World in the year 2007,replacing Red -Savina SHU scale (.Scoville Hotness Scale is used for testing its hotness) which comes to near a million as double compared to 577,000 SHU of Red Savina.
It has many names like ghost chili,california death pepper,naga chili etc.We had a plant of bhut jolokia at our house ,but since my kids started playing too much near the plant we uprooted it..Once our one of the house staff Mahendra insisted on preparing a vegetable curry by adding just one of these.We had to throw the curry. as it was too hot . As the curry touched the mouth a very fierce burning sensation was felt..But this amazing 26 year old lady named Anandita Dutta Tamuly ate 51 of these to claim a place in guinness world record book in April 2009....Chef Ramsey (hell's kitchen fame)who was in India at the time for filming a channel four programme
too witnessed this and was completely awestruck as he could manage to eat only one and screamingly asked for water before yelling"ITS TOO MUCH".Apart from its hotness this chili is believed to have some medicinal benefits like curing some stomach ailments,helpful in relieving flu symptoms etc.In many parts of ne India fences are smeared with this chili is used in smoked bombs to keep wild elephants away.Updates ... in last few years the title of world's hottest chili has seen many changes ,in fact it is in a very controversial stage now .To know more read this great article
Sheesh! You learn something new every day. I once ate some HOT curry at a Thai restaurant -- despite requesting MEDIUM heat. I could not finish the meal, because the spice was so unpleasant. Many Thai eat the chili peppers plain and by themselves. They must have tongues of steel.
ReplyDeletefascinating info, I love learning more about your country and its culture. We had a chile called habineros that are very hot...used in Mexican food.
ReplyDeleteSounds as though they are strong enough if you get the juice from them on your hands, you would have problems. I like Hot Sour Soup, and Kung Pao Chicken, but it has nothing like that type of chili pepper in it.
ReplyDeletein no way, I would put this in my meals. too hot for me but I have to agree that chili brings a lot of flavor
ReplyDeletei hate chillies in my curries,but we andhra's use too much of chillies.
ReplyDeleteHeard abt this chillies but never know the anandita duta ate and entered guinness word record
They look so tiny yet powerfull
ya..interesting info about chillies..but me and chillies are 5,000 miles away...lol..
ReplyDeleteI love chillies and it is one of your best post I felt.Without chilly I cannot eat food.I have green chilly plant and its really hot.This red chilly cannot be compared with other chillies, oh I love very much.
ReplyDeleteThat is one HOT post... lolz
ReplyDeletei love, i mean love, hot peppers! i love spicy foods also!! my friends think i'm crazy. i would give it a try. i thought the haberno pepper was one of the hottest in the world.
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