Topic: Suryaa Roasted Curry Powder (Illustrated)

[SnS]

That said, if they differ so widely, why isn't the particular variety of chili then specified in the ingredient list of packaging? I wanted to know which chili my pack of Heera chili powder contains but the packet just lists chili. Perhaps it contains more than one variety?

There are hundreds of chilli varieties and if you include the hybrids, this goes into thousands. There are over 3700 varieties on www.thechileman.org and the list is still growing.

Many of the main varieties are each have different names depending on which part of the world they come from. It would cause chaos if each packet of chilli had to have the variety shown. I also understand that many commercial chilli powders are blended using various chilli powders.

Anyway, your Suryaa packet is quite precise to which chillies they've used in the curry powder ... it's red chilli.

Okay, as it's Friday, how do we actually spell chilli, chili or chile?

It would appear that general convention for proper useage is this:-

Chile - refers to the plant or pod
Chili - refers to the dish containing meat, beans and chiles (chili con carne)
Chilli - refers to the commercial spice powder made from chiles (note the plural)

However, the origin of the word is the Nahuat Indians from Southern Mexico and Central America in the 15th century .. and they called the plant chilli? (therefore plural = chillies)

SnS  ;D

[Bobby Bhuna]

Anyway, your Suryaa packet is quite precise to which chillies they've used in the curry powder ... it's red chilli.

I don't understand. Are you being sarcastic, or is 'Red Chilli' a variety of Chilli? (and by this I do mean Chilli and not chile ) Aren't most Chillies red or thereabouts?

[SnS]

Anyway, your Suryaa packet is quite precise to which chillies they've used in the curry powder ... it's red chilli.

I don't understand. Are you being sarcastic, or is 'Red Chilli' a variety of Chilli? (and by this I do mean Chilli and not chile ) Aren't most Chillies red or thereabouts?

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[Bobby Bhuna]

  Smart****

[SnS]

Smart****

Seriously Bobby. Most packets will print the ingredient as "chilli" or "chilli powder", but yours specifically says RED. This probably means it includes a very red chilli such as the Kashmiri chilli, which is primarily for colouring rather than heat .. hence the "not so hot" taste.

Regards

SnS  ;D

[Bobby Bhuna]

such as the Kashmiri chilli

Don't you mean 'the Kashmiri Chile'?

[SnS]

such as the Kashmiri chilli

Don't you mean 'the Kashmiri Chile'?

Whooooops - didn't I tell you I'm a decendant of a Central American Nahuat Indian tribe?

[Bobby Bhuna]

Whooooops - didn't I tell you I'm a decendant of a Central American Nahuat Indian tribe?

Lol - fantastic response ;D