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Kasuri Methi

Red Chilli

(Lal Mirch)
Botanical Name Capsicum Annum
Family Solanaceae
Form Dried
Type Available With Stem, Stemless, Crushed Chillies
Color Red
Packaging Size 200 gm / 500 gm / 15 kg / 20 kg / 50 kg.
Bulk order are also available as per client's requirement.

Chillies are one of the largest traded spices in the international market. Chillies are also known as Red Chillies, Capsicum, and Paprika depending on the species and variety. This spice is extensively used for food flavoring and coloring and also for certain medicinal properties. Red Chillies are available in a number of varieties, colors and fragrances. Used in various ways as ground form, seeds, whole form, powder, paste, chillis revolutionized the cooking of tropical countries by their flavor, color and taste. They have a chemical effect on our bodies as they stimulate the appetite and also cool the body.

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’