Naga Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper Superhot Chilli - CHILLIESontheWEB 10g

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You might consider growing them in a greenhouse where you can control temperature and humidity more directly.

In Assam, [13] the pepper is also known as bih zôlôkia (বিহ জলকীয়া) meaning 'poison chili', from Assamese bih meaning 'poison' and zôlôkia meaning 'chili pepper', denoting the plant's heat. inches long and are usually red, though there are red, yellow, orange, white, purple or chocolate color varieties. We recommend taking precautions when handling them: avoid contact with eyes, wear gloves at all times when handling and wear a dust/vapour mask if you are grinding or rehydrating and reducing to a paste. However, the red fruit variety has two different types: the rough, dented fruit and the smooth fruit. The rough fruit plants are taller, with more fragile branches, while the smooth fruit plants yield more fruit and are compact with sturdier branches.

Use them as you'd use a habanero, but remember that they are much hotter, up to 5 times the heat level. In 2005, New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute in Las Cruces, New Mexico, [20] found ghost peppers grown from seed in southern New Mexico to have a Scoville rating of 1,001,304 SHUs by HPLC. The bhut jolokia is a naturally growing pepper that can be found primarily in northeastern India and neighboring Bangladesh. this means that this product was made using 'Good Manufacturing Processes' (which prohibit cross contamination during manufacture) but has not been tested by a laboratory. For comparison, Tabasco red pepper sauce rates at 2,500–5,000, and pure capsaicin (the chemical responsible for the pungency of pepper plants) rates at 16,000,000 SHUs.

The ghost pepper (aka the Bhut Jolokia) is one of the hottest peppers in the world, topping over 1 Million SHU (Scoville Heat Units). However, as hot as the ghost pepper is, the Carolina Reaper has more than double the heat of the ghost pepper when it is as it's hottest. It increases perspiration, reduces pain sensitivity, and stimulates the circulatory and digestive systems. What we love about the ghost chilli is the deep warmth you get after eating your food, this means you get the flavours of your dish such as garlic, onion and other herbs and spices and then the deep warmth comes in. Because of their intense heat, but also because of their fruity flavor, ghost peppers are great for making hot sauces, for dehydrating into powders or chili flakes, or for chopping and cooking into larger meals, like pots of stew or pots of chili.It is extensively cultivated in northeastern India, especially in the states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. Hi Mike, is there a degradation in flavour or taste or color to this ghost chilli pepper when subjected to 180 degree temperature ?

Originating from North East India this chilli was the Guinness World Record holder as the hottest chilli in 2007 at 400 times hotter than Tabasco! In northeastern India, the peppers are smeared on fences or incorporated in smoke bombs as a safety precaution to keep wild elephants at a distance. Watching naga videos always go the same way, after a few seconds "it’s not that hot" after 1 minute its "I’m dying"! If we have displayed "Made from ingredients which naturally do not contain sources of the 14 allergens. It may take up to 40 days or more and care is needed to ensure the seed receives the right amount of water to aid germination.The ghost pepper was in the running for the hottest pepper in the world for quite some time - in fact, it actually held the Guinness Book of World Record's record for the world's hottest pepper from 2007 until 2010. They were officially the hottest peppers around, declared the World's Hottest of All Spices by the Guinness World Records in 2006, though was eventually dethroned by a new wave of superhot chili peppers. Also, the fumes from the chili peppers and/or the fine pepper powders may get into the air if you are not working in a well ventilated room. The unselected strain of ghost peppers from India is an extremely variable plant, with a wide range in fruit sizes and fruit production per plant. I love cooking with the heat and flavor of ghost peppers and have a number of spicy foods recipes to share with you.

Add ghost chilli to your dish to give a real depth of flavour and heat, we suggest you start with a smaller amount and build up your heat to suit.However, in the race to grow the hottest chili pepper, the ghost chili was superseded by the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper in 2011, the Carolina Reaper in 2013 and Pepper X in 2023. The hottest ghost pepper is 416 times hotter than the mildest jalapeno pepper, which averages about 5,000 Scoville Heat Units on the Scoville Scale, and about 208 times hotter than the average jalapeno pepper and about 3 times hotter than the hottest habanero pepper. The DRDO said that ghost pepper-based aerosol sprays could be used as a "safety device", and "civil variants" of chili grenades could be used to control and disperse mobs. It is also known by the following names - Naga Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia, Bih jolokia, Nagahari, Raja Mircha, Raja chilli, Borbih jolokiai or Ghost Chili. Bhutan pepper' in Assamese [4]), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India.