The Bhut jolokia, also known as ghost pepper, ghost chili, U-morok, red naga, naga jolokia and ghost jolokia, is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens and is closely related to the Naga Morich of Bangladesh.
In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. The Ghost chili is rated at more than 1 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). However, the ghost chili was shortly superseded by the Infinity chili in 2011, followed by the Naga Viper, the Trinidad moruga scorpion in 2012 and the Carolina Reaper on August 7, 2013.
This ghee chilli was discovered after long study from various places and the credit goes to Mrs. Srilakshmi Vengadapathy daughter of PADMASHRI, DR.T. VENGADAPATHY REDDY.
Now we have developed interest in chilli species which is locally called as "Bhut Jookia" and botanically known as Capsicum Chinens.
This Chilli is a traditional variety which grows in forests. The specialty of this variety is that its pungency is 5 times more than the presently cultivated variety. This grows well even at 400 meters above sea level in Munnar Forest of Kerala. This variety when added in very small quantities gives ghee taste in sambar, rasam and other similar dishes.
This chilli is locally known as Scorpion Chilli as it's pungency is as strong as the venom of scorpion and it’s also shaped like the tail of scorpion. We are constantly improving this chilli and we want to make this mainstream