Red Chillies

Botanical Name: Capsicum frutescens

Family: Solanaceae

Chilli is the dried fruit of an annual sub-herb. It is also called as capsicum, paprika, sweet pepper, red pepper, pimento, cayenne pepper etc depending upon the manner in which it is prepared and used. Chilli comes in a wide range of shapes, sizes, color and degrees of pungency. The spice chilli blended well in Indian cooking. Chilli became extremely popular in India. The climate in India is favorable to cultivate chillies and soon many varieties of chilli were available in India. Chilli is one of the spices used most in garnishing dishes. Chilli is an indispensable spice used as basic ingredient in everyday cuisine all over the world. The chilli powder is made by crushing the dried chilli having chilli flakes and chilli pods.