The world's hottest chili...

philipperv

Have any of you India expats seen the Bhut Jolokia, the world's hottest chili, in your local markets?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_jolokia

AvidTrekker

Let alone abroad, I find it quite difficult to get in within India !



I requested my friend who'd gone to Guwahati for a weekend, to get this bhut jholokia.

No luck. Came back with some ordinary variety. Didn't make me cry at all.

It seems we'll have to scout the markets more thoroughly.
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philipperv

WOW! Anyway, I'm glad to know that there is someone living in India that is interested in this chili. The company marketing it in Assam is Frontal Agritech, which is located in Jorhat. Here's their website:

http://www.frontalagritech.co.in/

I was told that it grows naturally all over Assam and is readily sold in the markets there. Could it be that your friend didn't talk to the right people?

brishti

thanks for this info philipper
had a sikkimese chilli pickle once, they looked like tiny round berries - and whoa - the reaction was --->
it was great! nothing like i've ever had!

there's a saying around these parts: "chota [lil] mirchi [chilli] bada [very] jhaal [hot]"
similar to "the smaller the grapes the sweeter the wine"




avid: when you locate them chillies, post a post. thanks.



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philipperv

I hope to get over to Frontal Agritech this year or the next. Will have more details then.

AvidTrekker

philipperv has already done it !! I mean email the Company he has shown and they'll send you a parcel

I like buying things in person, especially food ... so what if I half-die doing (tasting) it
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brishti

i really cant see myself asking for a parcel of chillies

i like to see my chillies before i buy em! [serious here!]



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philipperv

Yes I know they will but I haven't ordered from them directly yet.

AvidTrekker

Only see ?? No taste ??? Apprehensive?

One thing I learnt about chillies. Redder the not-better.

The deep red ones are called "Kashmir" chillies out here and they are quite mild. Used as a colouring agent. The really pungent ones are more yellowish-brownish in colour, so they are "made-up" with their "red" brothers. Commercially available mirchi is a mixture of some red and some pungent... and the proportions are different in different places.

The bhut jholokia look a nice orange colour. They could be expensive coz they will be used by chemical flavouring industrial plants to extract 98 to 99.99 pre cent pure capsaicin. One chap made 100 per cent pure capsaicin and he sold it for an astronomical price of 200 USD for a small bottle.

Here's a video of a man tasting pure capsaicin

This pure capsaicin called 16 million reserve was sold as a premium product costing some 200 US dollars for a tiny bottle. See tiny bottle here.

How to make highly concentrated capsaicin extract at home.

I think its really getting hot here...

Is it the summer?

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Wanderer22

I grew Habaneros in my greenhouse last year. Amazing little devils.. Gave a few away to people who claimed they liked hot peppers, no one asked for more... Those Bhut Jolokia look quite similar.

Found a recipe for a hot sauce on the web that called for 12 Habaneros to produce a cup and a half of product. ... I chickened out and only used 4 peppers. The result is tasty but best used with a little caution. May try the full recipe this year if there's a good harvest.

The recipe mentioned that the peppers were to be added AFTER cooking the sauce to get maximum effects.

W22

brishti

lol Avid!!!

i like my chillies green
i have to have raw green chillies with my food.
and by instinct [ ] i know when they're hot!
chilli paste dont exactly do it for me - nothing like a hot crunch!

incidentally - thechaa - the red chilli/garlic paste from the vidharba region - yum yum.



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puchoo

im strange in that way.... i can take an unlimited amount of chillies in my food but i just cant get myself to bite on one.. , knowing fully well that even if i have the whole chillies in one go it's still not going to be half as bad as the amount which is in my food

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brishti

for the content in your post - you get a 'hmmm...' from me puchoo



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puchoo

wonder if that's better than nothing !

brishti

i swear - them mds are going to chillerize us - they are hair all the time so i'm off!!!

have a good im meet-up this evening puchoo and you too avid



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