Ghost pepper also known as Bhut Jalokia in Assamese is widely cultivated in North Eastern part of India. In 2007 Guinese Book of World record certified it as the Hottest chili in the world. Average SHU value is more the 3 lakh. Its oven dried and available in 50gm pack.
Ghost pepper / King chilli / Bhut Jalokia
The ghost pepper also known as Bhut jolokia (which literally means ghost chili in Assamese) is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens and is closely related to the Naga Morich. 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 one million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). However, in the race to grow the hottest pepper, the ghost chili was superseded by the Infinity chili in 2011 and Carolina Reaper in 2013.
It is oven dried, should be kept in cool dry spaces. It is available in 50 gm pack