[Assam] 'Bhut jolokia is world's hottest chi lli'

[Chan Mahanta]

The problem of transliteration here is what is causing the confusion.

The name in Upper Assam is 'bhwt jolokiya' or more commonly 'bih 
jolokiya'.  I like the sound of
' bhijlook';  its cute :-).

But for some ignoramus of a reporter making it 'bhoot jolokiya' or 
'ghost chilli' is taking literal translation too far.















At 2:31 PM -0500 6/18/07, kamal deka wrote:
>In Ujoni Oxom ( in and around Tinsukia district ) ,the ' jolokias' 
>in question are called ' bhoot jolokia or ' bih jolokia '.The name ' 
>bhot jolokia' is perhaps unheard of in that part of the world.
>
>In Namoni Oxom ( Kamrup district in particular ), the chillies,in 
>general, are called ' bhijlook'.
>
>KJD
>
>
>On 6/17/07, Pradip Kumar Datta 
><<mailto:pradip200 at yahoo.com>pradip200 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>'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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