Highlightingthe legendary flavour and fire from the Bhut Jolokia, our specially smoked chillies create a unique flavour for the rich-textured Smoky Bhoot. Every bite takes you from a hint of sweetness to a tidal wave of flavour before the ghost finally creeps up on you!
A full-bodied uplifter of the bland, The Original Indian Hot Sauce was painstakingly crafted specifically for the Indian palate. We blended real vegetables, a special blend of Sankeshwari & Bhavnagri chillies and our secret ingredient to create a distinct and elegant flavour that offers a bit of sweet and a bit of heat in every bite.
Capsaicin is the component in chillies that produces the sensation of heat. This heat of chilli peppers is measured using the Scoville Scale. The concentraion of the capsaicinoids is denoted by the Scoville Heat Units (SHU) which measure the heat level.
The Original
Heat Level - Medium Spicy
We've got it at a 4/10 level of spice. It's an easy selection for people with low spice tolerance and anyone who likes great flavour. Just a little sweet, just a little spicy, it's well-rounded and loved by kids and grandparents alike - extremely family friendly and suitable for all. Given its heat level, it's a worthy replacement (and frankly big improvement) for every ketchup user.
Kantha Bomb
Heat Level - Spicy
We've got the Kantha Bomb at a 6/10 spice level. It's perfect for people who enjoy a little spice. It's got a little bit of a kick so can be avoided for those very averse to spice, but for most people, this should be well within their manageable range. It's the perfect pairing with The Original to take on all of your kitchen and dining table needs. Did we mention the bomb flavour?
Smoky Bhoot
Heat Level - X-tra Spicy
We've got the Smoky Bhoot at an 8/10 spice level. It's perfect for people who love spicy food, and anyone who enjoys fiery flavours while also experiencing 'the bhoot effect'. It's actually a toned down version of the Bhut Jolokia chilli, so pepper fanatics might feel it could be spicier (and trust us, it really can), but we wanted to focus on an accessible experience for food explorers here. Regardless, please be warned, it is still very spicy.
There is no evidence that eating too much chilli is unhealthy, or that it causes ulcers. In fact, capsaicin is used in anti-inflammatory creams to treat ailments like arthritis and shingles. Meanwhile, their ability to create heat within the body has also linked the peppers to weight loss as well as lowering the risk of type II diabetes.
Contrary to your natural first reaction, water does not hep to reduce heat inf you burn your mouth with chilli because capsaicin (the component in chillies that produces the sensation of heat) is not soluble in water.
The Original
Heat Level - Medium Spicy
We've got it at a 4/10 level of spice. It's an easy selection for people with low spice tolerance and anyone who likes great flavour. Just a little sweet, just a little spicy, it's well-rounded and loved by kids and grandparents alike - extremely family friendly and suitable for all. Given its heat level, it's a worthy replacement (and frankly big improvement) for every ketchup user.
Kantha Bomb
Heat Level - Spicy
We've got the Kantha Bomb at a 6/10 spice level. It's perfect for people who enjoy a little spice. It's got a little bit of a kick so can be avoided for those very averse to spice, but for most people, this should be well within their manageable range. It's the perfect pairing with The Original to take on all of your kitchen and dining table needs. Did we mention the bomb flavour?
Smoky Bhoot
[Heat Level - X-tra Spicy
We've got the Smoky Bhoot at an 8/10 spice level. It's perfect for people who love spicy food, and anyone who enjoys fiery flavours while also experiencing 'the bhoot effect'. It's actually a toned down version of the Bhut Jolokia chilli, so pepper fanatics might feel it could be spicier (and trust us, it really can), but we wanted to focus on an accessible experience for food explorers here. Regardless, please be warned, it is still very spicy.
In Indian folklore, a bhoot is a ghost. Bhoot is the Hindu word for "ghost". It is derived from the Sanskrit (ancient Indian language) word for ghost, Bhuta. In Hindu folklore, a Bhuta is a vampiric spirit of a person killed violently (including by accident, suicide, execution) who did not receive proper funeral rites, so roams dark and empty places. They feed on the intestines of the living. Their attack on people inflicts sickness or even kills. This likely explains the bhoot ability "Perdition."
The Patna Court observed in a case which was filed in 1994 by Naresh Kumar Gupta's divorced wife in Nawada, her native place. The father-son-due took the case to High Court after they were slapped with rigorous imprisonment for a year by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, in 2008, and it was rejected 10 years later.
The complainant accused the husband and father-in-law of physical and material torture to demand a car as a dowry. Later, the case was transferred from Nawada to Nalanda upon the father-son duo's request. After the duo was awarded one year of imprisonment, the husband and wife were granted divorce by the Jharkhand High Court.
Opposing the petition filed before the Patna High Court, the divorced woman's advocate pleaded that she was called "bhoot" and "pishach" by her in-laws, which was "a form of immense cruelty". However, the court observed that it was "not in a position to accept such an argument".
Some of us are strong believers of other realms, while others strictly believe we mortals are the only ones treading the earth. No matter which side you belong to, taking a stroll down a dark lane has probably made you wonder about the creaks that seem to follow.
The malicious mecho bhoot
You are not a Bengali if you are not a fan of at least two types of fish, and of course, this is true for our ghosts. Mecho Bhoot, which literally translates into Fish-eating Ghosts, have a boundless love for fish, and will do anything to get them. Folk stories usually set them around lakes and rivers where fishermen would be out late fishing, and the greedy mecho bhoot would not only scare, but even kill to get their fish if need be. Bottom line, do not go fishing at night.
Petnis can shape shift and take forms of beautiful women to lure men only to scare them afterwards with their true form, all just for fun. Never regret things left undone when you die, unless you want a Shayora or tetul tree as your hangout as a petni for eternity.
The disgusting daini
Often in our childhoods we were scared with stories of the daini, the old hag who would come to take us away if we were naughty, and make slaves out of us, or fatten us for eating, or even drink our blood in her quest for immortality!
This is the Bengali version of the old-fashioned spell-casting witch. They are neither spirits nor souls, they are simply women who are thought to have evil magical powers, and a lot of cunning, grotesque appearances, as well as no scruples for hygiene.
The alluring aleya
Australians call it the Min Light, Europeans call it the will-o'-the-wisp. In Bangladesh this odd little orb of green light seen over marshes and bogs are known as the Aleya.
Dwellers of the night take note, for the Aleya is said to attract people with their apparitions and make them lose their way until these night owls find themselves in some nasty old marshy water in the dark.
Some also believe these are the ghosts of fishermen who sometimes call upon men who end up drowning, while at others they show the correct way in the dark with their lights. After all, not all dead that refuse to pass over are necessarily evil.
The brooding bloodsuckers
A hundred years ago one would carry holy water or wooden stakes in case of an encounter with a vampire, although many teens today might want to attract a shiny one of their own, thanks to pop culture's glamorous depiction of these brooding bloodsuckers.
The preying penchapechi
A scarier local ghoul of Bengal, this one actually like to eat its victims, and roams about at night in the form of an owl to stalk lonely travellers to make a feast out of.
The petrifying pishach
Pishach is yet another demonic ghoul of Bengal, with a taste for human flesh, and that too of the dead kind. Meaning that these prefer to eat cadavers.
Of course, creatures of the dark like the others, they haunt graveyards and cremation spaces, for obvious reasons. They are also shapeshifters and can become invisible at will. They also like to possess people and force them to do things or make them insane.
The brainless betaal
Somewhat like the more known zombie, these also inhabit the same areas as the pishachi, but are less nefarious for preferring mischief to outright murder or consumption of dead people. They do sometimes possess human dead bodies to move around, but do not always need to. They prefer to tell tales and confuse nightime travellers.
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