Kashmiri Chilli

DESCRIPTION

Chilli is the dried ripe fruit of the genus Capsicum. Capsicum annuum is an annual sub –shrub, the flowers of which are borne singly and fruits usually pendent, which provide red peppers, cayenne, paprika and chillies and sweet pepper (bell pepper) a mild form with large inflated fruits.

Capsicum frutescence is a perennial chilly with small sized pods which are highly pungent. It is commonly known as ‘bird chilly’ and ‘Tabasco’.

KASHMIR CHILLI

• Grown in temperate regions such as Himachal Pradesh,Jammu & Kashmir and also in sub-tropical regions of North India during winter season
• Long,fleshy,deep red in colour
• Harvesting season- November to February
• Available in major markets of North India
• ASTA colour value- 54.10
• Capsaicine-0.325%

• USES

  Dry chilly is extensively used as spice in curried dishes. It is also used as an ingredient in curry powder and in seasonings. Bird chilly is used in making hot sauces as pepper sauce and Tabsco sauce. Paprika, Bydagi chilly, Warangal chapatta and similar high colour less pungent varieties are widely used for colour extraction. This colour is highly popular among food and beverage processors for its use as a colourant, since this being a ‘natural plant colour’. As a medicine it is used as an counter irritant in Lumbago, Neuralgia, and Rheumatic disorders. Capsicum has a tonic and carminative action. Taken inordinately it may cause gastro-enteritis. The enzyme isolated from chilly is used in the treatment of certain type of cancers. Oleoresin capsicum is used in pain balms and vaporubs. Dehydrated green chilly is a good source of vitamin ‘c’

  INDIAN NAME OF SPICES

  Hindi : Lal mirch Bengali : Lanka, Lankamorich Gujarati : Marcha Kannada : Mensina kai Malayalam : Mulaku Marathi : Mirchi Oriya : Lanka Punjabi : Lalmirch Tamil : Milagay Telugu : Mirapa kaya Urdu : Lalmirch

  FOREIGN NAME OF SPICES

  Spanish : Pimenton French : Puvre de Guinee German : Paprika Arabic : Filfil Ahmar Dutch : Spaanse Peper Italian : Peperone Portuguese : Pimento Russian : Struchkovy pyeret Japanese : Togarashi Chinese : Hesiung Yali chiao British : Chillies(Hot) Pepper(Sweet)

• Botanical NameCapsicum annum L., Capsicum frutescens L.
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  Commercial Part
  Green as well as ripe and dried pod (fruit)