They should not smell musty, probably a bad batch. Try Seasoned Pioneers for good quality dried naga jholokia chillies. http://www.seasonedpioneers.co.uk/ I order all my spices from there, once very three months. Fantastic quality and taste.
Cheers Divya Sent from my iPad On 10 Jun 2012, at 19:26, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> 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? > > P.S. Will try to extract the oleoresin when I have time >
