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mercredi 31 juillet 2013

Red Hot Bhut Jolokia Sauce

By Lela Perkins


If you have never tried Bhut Jolokia sauce, you should certainly try it. Especially if you enjoy spicy food. Bhut Jolokia chili peppers are the hottest thing you can imagine, maybe four hundred times hotter than another hot sauce, Tabasco. In this amazing sauce you will find other ingredients as well, such as garlic, tomatoes, onions and all kinds of popular spices.

This small red pepper, also known as Ghost pepper, probably origins from India. Although this plant is known there for ages, it became popular in Western world in 2000. Until then, a pepper known as Red Savina Habanero was believed to be the hottest. Well, this little thing is at least twice as hot.

These small red peppers are incredibly hot, but they are also very tasty, with beautiful, rich aroma you will immediately notice. You will need just a little bit of Ghost powder to make your meals delicious and spicy, but you should remember to use gloves whenever you need to touch those little devils.

Aromatic and hot, thanks to its most important ingredient, known by the name Capsaicin; this plant also has numerous benefits on human health. It can be used in pain treatment, especially when it comes to joint and muscle pain, as well as arthritis pains. It is also very effective in sinus and headache pain relief, and even in fighting several types of cancer.

This special ingredient proved to be effective on other areas as well. It lowers blood pressure and affects circulation. It is very good for your heart and other organs, but it can also help you lose weight. It encourages natural cleansing processes and has numerous benefits on your digestion. Since people learned more about it, Capsaicin is added to numerous dietary products.

You will find all kinds of recipes for different dishes with Ghost chili. Some of those recipes are very simple to make. Peppers are available as dry fruits, in form of a powder, fresh or in form of convenient little flakes. In any case, you can easily make your own spiced oil. If you cook dried Ghosts in good oil, you can keep this oil in the fridge for a month. It is even easier to simply pour some olive oil over them and leave it there for a while.

Salsa is maybe the easiest recipe of all. You should slice your dried Ghosts and cook them in a small amount of water, to rehydrate them. After that, just put them in your blender, together with a few cloves of garlic and some tomatoes, fresh or canned. Season with some sea salt, and add a little bit of good white vinegar.

Bhut Jolokia sauce is easy to prepare as well. You should rehydrate dried Ghosts first. Chop onion, garlic and fresh or canned tomatoes. Put some virgin olive oil in a pan, add chopped onion and cook for a while. Add other ingredients and your favorite herbs and spices. Leave on very low heat for maybe half an hour, and your tasty sauce is finished. It goes great with grilled meat, but it is suitable for vegetarian dishes as well.




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