Ghost pepper hot sauces are making a rule in today's consumer market. In western nations, these are generally used in making sauce, salsa, and as a seasoning mix that are similar to jalapeno based recipes. These are added in least quantity to the food to match the foodstuffs with its intolerable heat. The pickles are the most common form of using it. They use them in making curry, soup, chutney, or pickles. It is widely used in North east Indian cuisine and in Bangladesh cuisine for generations. Keeping the pepper’s proportion at the right amount in a recipe to match our heat sensitivity is vital. The quantity of ghost pepper being served is the key factor. Ghost peppers are highly enjoyable by keeping the following few factors into account. Like any other hot chili peppers, these are edible and safe to eat. The heat sensation is fiery hot for about 15 minutes to one hour according to the individual’s tolerance level. Taste buds may feel more of heat than pepper’s natural tastes. And once the heat starts developing and spreading over the palate, it becomes more prominent. Initially for a few seconds, it does taste fruity, earthy, and mildly sweet. So we strongly recommend wearing gloves while handling this pepper or any pepper of its kind. And may feel an acute burning sensation that can last upto an hour. One may even start sweating just by tasting a tiny bit of ghost pepper. Without getting into its technical background and heat measuring units, its heat is so outrageous that one can feel its tremendous heat even with sniff. Do you know how many Scoville units is a ghost pepper? It is 855,000 – 1,041,427 SHU in Scoville scale. Ghost peppers are extremely hot, that's beyond our imagination. Not to mention, they may vary in the color but never disappoint with their intense heat. To our surprise, apart from the fiery red color, these are also available in other spectacular colors like chocolate, yellow, green, peach, purple, white, and more. Many factors are responsible for its heat and length, including weather and the temperature. The size of the matured pepper ranges from 2.5cm to 3.5 cm. It has a pod-like structure with seeds intact to the rib at the center. These beauty charms look glossy with bright colors with thin flesh and moderately crumbled skin. And also used as home protectants against the wild animals. In earlier days in northeast India, these hot peppers were used to build grenades and bombs. On the other side of the globe, in Spain ghost pepper is known as ‘pimienta fantasma’. It is also known in other names like Bih zolokia, Naga morich, Naga jolokia depending on the region or the province in India. Which translates into 'bhut' as ghost and 'jolokia' as chili pepper-indirectly referring to its fiery heat. Ghost peppers are believed to be cultivated in north east India, and locally called ‘Bhut jolokia’. Recently Burger King launched Ghost pepper chicken nuggets to their product line to satisfy their spicy food lovers. And now, ghost pepper sauces are the best sellers-from the local farmers market to the big online stores.Īpart from regular sauces and salsas, the consumer market is flooded with ghost pepper flavored foodstuffs, like ghost pepper chips or popcorns.įurthermore, corporate giants started incorporating its flavor to their food products. Recently, this hot chili pepper is gaining popularity for its signature heat and its complex spicy flavors. And jalapeno pepper ranges between 3000-7000 Scoville heat units. These hot and fiery ghost pepper rate more than 1,00,000 heat units in the Scoville scale where the green bell pepper rate as 0 heat units. It's about 400 times hotter than the standard jalapeno pepper. And certified as the hottest chili pepper in 2007 by Guinness world records. Ghost pepper is one of the top 10 hottest peppers in the world.
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