Description:
Chilli is the dried ripe fruit of the genus Capsicum.Dry chilly isextensively used as spice in curried dishes.The Red chili features heavily in the cuisine of the Goan region ofIndia, which was the site of a Portuguese colony (e.g., vindaloo, an Indian interpretation ofa Portuguese dish). Chili peppers journeyed from India, through Central Asia and Turkey, to Hungary, where it becamethe national spice in the form of paprika.
An alternate, although not so plausible account (no obviouscorrelation between its dissemination in Asia and Spanish presenceor trade routes), defended mostly by Spanish historians was thatfrom Mexico, at the time a Spanish colony,chili peppers spread into their other colony the Philippines and from thereto India, China, Indonesia. To Japan, it wasbrought by the Portuguese missionaries in 1542, and then later, itwas brought to Korea.
Guntur chilies is a group of cultivars originatingin Guntur District, AndhraPradesh, India. They are exported to Asia, Canada, andEurope. The Guntur district is the main producer and exporter ofmost varieties of Chilies and chili powder in India to countrieslike Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Middle East, South Korea, U.K. and USA& Latin America. Chilies have various colors and flavorsbecause of the level of Capsaicin in them. Guntur chilies form animportant part of curries and various popular dishes of the stateof Andhra Pradesh in India.
