‘Bhut jolokia is world’s hottest chilli’

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

‘Bhut jolokia is world’s hottest chilli’
THE VICTOR, THE VANQUISHED 
New Delhi, June 17: They are as tez as they come. The bhut jolokia or ‘ghost chillies’ of Tezpur figure in the Time Magazine’s latest issue as the world’s hottest chilli. 
The magazine’s cover story that takes a look at the culinary specialities and peculiarities around the world has zeroed in on the burnt orange pods, developed in a military laboratory in Tezpur, as packing the deadliest punch.
The article ‘Global Warming’ notes that the bhut jolokia, also called the Naga chilli, carries the sort of heat that one normally would find only in the hottest chilli sauces made from pure pepper extract.
Chilli heat is measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and while pure capsaicin, the main capsaicinoid in a chilli, measures 16 million SHUs, the ghost chilli measures just over one million SHUs. (PTI)

       
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