On 11-Jun-12 7:18 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> 15 g of powdered Bih/Bhut Jolokia is here. It actually smells >> nasty/musty. I suspect it's stale. Anyone smelled fresh dried Bhut Jolokia? >> Does it smell nice/wholesome, when fresh? > > The fresh chili smells and tastes sweet, with notes of apple. The burn > kicks in relatively slowly, about 5 seconds in.
Oh, you said "fresh dried chili". The (relatively) fresh dried chili in my freezer doesn't smell of much, but that might be because it is frozen. I sun-dried it and stashed it in the freezer. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
