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

[Chan Mahanta]

I haven't checked Hem Kwsh, but it certainly is featured in the more 
modern and comprehensive
AAdhunik Oxomiya Xobdokwsh compiled by Sumanta Chaliha.









At 9:13 PM -0500 6/18/07, kamal deka wrote:
>I have already mentioned about ' figurative language' and ' literal 
>meaning' in my previous mail.This should have resolved the moot 
>point.BTW,does Hem kosh obhidhan have any referrence to bhwt 
>jolokiya?
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>KJD
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>On 6/18/07, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net > wrote:
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>Buisa Komol, tumi tinisukiya hobo para, pise' bih jolokiya 'bhut ba 
>bhoot  jolokiya' nohoy. Oxomiya obhdhaanotw iyak 'bhwt jolokiya' 
>buliyei paba,  WITH a 'murdhonyo to' as Priyankoo explained.
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>My guess would be that the Bhutiyas like it too, or they grow them. 
>Yes, the Nagas are the biggest consumers of this almost poisonous 
>chili pepper. In fact, when I was at Namti in January, a local young 
>man wanted to show me his 'bhwt jolokiya' plantation. I wanted to 
>go, but had  no time. I asked WHO buys them, he said they go to 
>Nagaland.
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>At 7:09 PM -0500 6/18/07, kamal deka wrote:
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>>I am a Tinsukian in every sense of the meaning and very 
>>well-conversant with the language,including local dialects.Could 
>>anyone explain to me why these chillies are stratified as  bih 
>>jolokia,although they are certainly not poisonous? In my considered 
>>opinion,they are classified as bhoot jolokia perhaps because of 
>>this fact:---herou bih jolokia nekhabi,khale bhoot dekhi jabi 
>>bapeke.The name could very well be derived from the bhot tribe,but 
>>in day-to- day conversation,it appears to have a different 
>>connotation.Could it be possible that they are so- called in order 
>>to indicate the 'hotness' of these chillies rather than pointing 
>>towards the ' tribe' in question? It could be figurative rather 
>>than literal.
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>BTW,these are also called ' kordoixira jolokia' and 'Noga jolokia' 
>by some locals.But,in my view,these two varieties are a bit 
>different from bhot/bhoot/bih jolokia.
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>Regards,
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>KJD
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>On 6/18/07, Priyankoo 
><<mailto:priyankoos at yahoo.co.in>priyankoos at yahoo.co.in > wrote:
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>I am from Tinsukia district, born and brought up there, never heard 
>of bhoot jolokiya, though. It is true some people pronounce the "o" 
>as "u", but that does not make a ghost out of a tribe name, as far 
>as the meaning is concerned.
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>It also does not justify the poor homework, on part of the correspondent!
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>best,
>Priyankoo
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>kamal deka <<mailto:kjit.deka at gmail.com>kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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.
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>In Namoni Oxom ( Kamrup district in particular ), the chillies,in 
>general, are called ' bhijlook'.
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>KJD
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>On 6/17/07, Pradip Kumar Datta 
><<mailto:pradip200 at yahoo.com>pradip200 at yahoo.com > wrote:
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>'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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