The problem of transliteration here is what is causing the confusion.
The name in Upper Assam is 'bhwt jolokiya' or more commonly 'bih
jolokiya'. I like the sound of
' bhijlook'; its cute :-).
But for some ignoramus of a reporter making it 'bhoot jolokiya' or
'ghost chilli' is taking literal translation too far.
At 2:31 PM -0500 6/18/07, kamal deka wrote:
In Ujoni Oxom ( in and around Tinsukia district ) ,the ' jolokias'
in question are called ' bhoot jolokia or ' bih jolokia '.The name '
bhot jolokia' is perhaps unheard of in that part of the world.
In Namoni Oxom ( Kamrup district in particular ), the chillies,in
general, are called ' bhijlook'.
KJD
On 6/17/07, Pradip Kumar Datta
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'Bhut jolokia is world's hottest chilli'
THE VICTOR, THE VANQUISHED
New Delhi, June 17: They are as tez as they come. The bhut jolokia
or 'ghost chillies' of Tezpur figure in the Time Magazine's latest
issue as the world's hottest chilli.
The magazine's cover story that takes a look at the culinary
specialities and peculiarities around the world has zeroed in on the
burnt orange pods, developed in a military laboratory in Tezpur, as
packing the deadliest punch.
The article 'Global Warming' notes that the bhut jolokia, also
called the Naga chilli, carries the sort of heat that one normally
would find only in the hottest chilli sauces made from pure pepper
extract.
Chilli heat is measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and while
pure capsaicin, the main capsaicinoid in a chilli, measures 16
million SHUs, the ghost chilli measures just over one million SHUs.
(PTI)
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