From colour-rich varieties to intensely pungent ones used with restraint, each chilli tells a story of place and palate.

Guwahati, India— The bhut jolokia chili pepper fires up the imagination, as well as the taste buds. The thumb-sized chilies are so potent they could be used in pepper spray, says the director of India ...

Chillies are essential ingredients in every kitchen. They play a crucial role in various savoury dishes such as curries, pasta, and guacamole. However, have you ever witnessed someone turning chillies ...

The kitchen garden of Hema and I P Deori, at their Kharghar residence, have created ripples among Navi Mumbaikers mainly because they have managed to grow the hottest chillies in the world which they ...

India's military is getting ready to deploy weapons-grade chillis for counter-insurgency and riot control. The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is harnessing the super-hot ...

The spicy bhut jolokia pepper; (below) A pic of the chips packet Fourteen students, including one female, were taken to the hospital. Isoyama Corp, the manufacturer, reiterated the warning in a ...

Bhut jolokia is not allowed as hand baggage in flights. In 2007, Guinness World Records officially confirmed the ghost pepper as the world's spiciest chilli. With a rating of over one million Scoville ...

Sharwood’s is unleashing a cooking sauce made from one of the world’s hottest chillies. Each jar of the company’s Bhut Jolokia curry sauce (rsp: £1.55) contains one Bhut Jolokia chilli which is 400 ...

In a recent incident, as many as 14 high school students from Tokyo were hospitalised after eating potato chips made with bhut jolokia chilli. As per reports in the BBC, the incident occurred on July ...