WHAT IS CHILLI
Chili is most used in India. Maybe that is why Indian cuisine is famous all over the world. In India, chillies are used in cooking. Indian
food cannot be imagined without chillies.
Indians enjoy the taste of chilli and its spicyness very well. Chillies are small red or green peppers. They have a very hot taste and are used in cooking. There are various forms with pods of differing size, colour, and strength of flavour.
CHILLI SCINTIFIC NAME
Scientific Name : Capsicum annuum
Family : Solanaceae
Common Name : Chilli, Red Pepper, Mirchi
TYPES OF CHILLIES IN INDIA
Today around 2000 to 3000 different types of chillies are cultivated worldwide. Of which 25 varieties of chilli are found in India. Today we will know about the most popular Indian chili.
- Birds Eye Chilli (Dhani)
This chili is small in appearance and intensely hot and hot in food. This chilli is grown mostly in Manipur, Mizoram and South India of India.
- KASMIRI CHILLI
Kashmiri chilli is fleshy and long in appearance. Whose color is dark red. This type of chili is grown in areas of North India. Kashmiri chilli is grown in very short supply, hence the demand for this chilli is high.
- KANTHARI WHITE CHILLI
It is white in appearance. Kanthari Mirchi is mostly grown in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India. This chilli is available throughout the year as it is a common crop grown in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
This Indian chili is red in appearance. This chili can be mostly spicy or less spicy.
- SANNAM S4 (GUNTUR)
Sanam S4 This spicy chili grows in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Which are known as Ilachipur and Guntur respectively.
- JWALA CHILLI
This chilli is red and green in appearance, this chili is very hot in food. Jwala chilli species are cultivated in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
TOP CHILLI PRODUCING STATES IN INDIA
- TELANGANA
- KARNATAKA
- MADHYA PRADESH
- ORISSA
- GUJARAT
- ASSAM
- PUNJAB
- RAJASTHAN
- UTTAR PRADESH
- MIZORAM
USES OF CHILLI
- Dry red chilli is broadly use as spice in curried dishes.
- For colors extraction in food dishes.
- Used as pain balm and Vaporub.
- To make hot sauce like pepper sauce and Tabasco sauce.
- Dehydrated green chilli is source vitamin C.
- Isolated Indian red chilli or mirch enzymes are beneficial in treating certain type of Cancers
HEALTH BENEFITS OF CHILLI
WEIGHT LOSS
- Eating chilli creates heat in the body, which increases the calories and oxygen of the body. A study has found that eating chilli reduces weight.
BOOST IMMUNITY
- Loaded with Vitamin C and beta-carotene, green chillies are great for healthy eyes, skin and immune system.
REDUCED RISK OF CANCER
- Chili peppers also present a potential natural remedy for fighting cancer. According to the American Association for Cancer Research, the capsaicin and antioxidants in chili peppers can kill cancer cells in leukemia and prostate cancer. This is largely due to the high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of chili peppers.
IS BENEFICIAL IN FUNGAL
INFECTION COLD AND FLU
- It has been proved in many research that eating chilli provides relief in fungal infections, colds and flu.
TOP RED CHILLI POWDER IMPORTING COUNTRIES
- UNITED ARAB OF EMIRATES
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- SAUDI ARABIA
- UNITED KINGDOM
- INDONESIA
DRY CHILLI IMPORTING COUNTRIES
- EUROPE
- GERMANY
- UNITED KINGDOM
- NETHERLAND
- VIETNAM
- THAILAND
- SPAIN
- SRI LANKA
TOP CHILLI IMPORTING COUNTRIES FROM INDIA
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