RED CHILLI

Similar in size and shape to the green chilli, but with more sting to its flavour. Good idea to mix the red and green chillies together in any dish.

Chilli is sharp, hot, stimulating, and helps in digestion, It develops blood and causes the formation of bile in the body, it is a recommended diet in cholera it also eliminates worms in the intestines and causes inflammation. It destroys phlegm, and gives relief from pain. It is beneficial in loose motion. Dry chilli is considered to be an eliminator of flatulence.

The hottest part of the chilli is the membrane and the seeds attached to it. You can remove these to reduce the 'heat'. If it's too late for that and your mouth is burning, don't be tempted to drink water as this can intensify the effect in the short term. Instead, breathe through your nose, not your mouth, as this tends to "irritate".

Common name: Lal Mirch

Position of India in Chilli production

Chillies are grown in most of the state in India. Rajasthan is one of the major producers and it occupied the 6th/7th position in the country. During 2000-2001 Rajasthan produced around 33023 M.T. of chillies in 30987 hects.

Chillies are exported in bulk, in powder form, and as oleoresin colour and pengency are important characters and there are wide variations in demand by various countries. the food habits of arab's are similar to that of India and they require pungent chillies. in contrast European countries are more interested in colour and less in pungency. in the food industries of these countries it is used in oleoresin form. now there is a demand of powder of green chillies in European countries and there is a need to exploit this demand.

It shall have a mild odor and a perceptible secense of pungeny. It is being sold in whole, cracked and powder form. Chilly powder packed in Consumer pack is preferred.

Main growing District in Rajasthan	Jodhpur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Pali, Sikar, Bharatpur, Swaimadhopur
Area under cultivation in Hectares	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
	38003	30987	32694	20412	25278
Production(M.T.)	44548	33023	49089	15003	29680
Sowing Time	February-March and June-July
Harvesting Time	Round the year, Main Crop - Nov-Jan
Domestic Marketing Centres	Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Tonk, Bharatpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jaitaran, Pratapgarh, Dholpur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur
Export Markets	USA, E.U., Middle East, South East Asia
Uses	Commonly used in Kitchen

Uses of Red Chilli

1. If powdered red chilli is applied to the part affected by a dog bite, immediately it minimizes the affect of the poison. It also acts as an antiseptic by preventing the formation of puss in the wound.
   
   
2. Boil water, mixed with one spoonful of powdered chilli and one spoonful of salt in it. If this hot solution is drunk, it is beneficial in cholera.
   
   
3. Boil water, in which powdered red chilli has been mixed, sprinkle this water on those areas where bed bugs are present, bed bugs will be eliminated.
   
   
4. When seeds of chillies are swallowed with hot water, then the stomachache due to cold, gets vanished.