Solanaceae week:World's hottest chillies - bhut jalokia

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Bhut jalokia has been declared as the world's hottest chillies.  There was an article on this chilly in the Hindustan Times.  Here is the link.  Hope you like it.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/The-hottest-chillies-in-the-world/Article1-560139.aspx

Regards,

Mani.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Mani ji 

Bhut jalokia is the third in the list and not the hootest according to the recent rating:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia_chili_pepper

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[mani nair]

Thanks Gurcharan ji for correcting me.  Yes it was the hottest in the year 2007 as per Guiness world records.

Regards,

Mani.