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

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Bhut Jolokia is still one of the hottest pepper in the world and if you compare its SHU to a Jalapeno chilli at a mere 2,000 5,000 SHU, it puts into perspective why the Indian Government is experimenting with using it in hand-grenades!Bhut Jolokia is Native to Central America and grown as a vegetable, Capsicum chinense is a tropical herb that is 70-80 cm tall. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

The ghost chili is rated at more than one million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs) and far surpasses the amount of a cayenne pepper. 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. It is also known by the following names - Naga Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia, Bih jolokia, Nagahari, Raja Mircha, Raja chilli, Borbih jolokiai or Ghost Chili.It increases perspiration, reduces pain sensitivity, and stimulates the circulatory and digestive systems. You can reduce some of the heat by removing the pepper innards before cooking, but with superhots, much of the capsaicin (the chemical that makes peppers hot), reaches into the flesh, so they'll still be hot.