WHAT IS JOLOKIA HOT SAUCE

Jolokia Hot Sauce is made from Bhut Jolokia chili pepper, which has recently become the hottest, but still powerfully ferocious, pepper in the world. This pepper has a number of names, like Bhut Jolokia, Ghost Pepper, Naga Jolokia and Bhot Jolokia. Bhut Jolokia chili pepper is native to northeastern India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, but also grows well in new crops in New Mexico. Bhut Jolokia has a dented, very thin skin that is easy to tear and red , orange or yellow in color. Interestingly, the environment has a notable influence on Bhut Jolokia 's power. It has been documented that Bhut Jolokias grown in low humidity and rainfall regions can have up to 50% less heat when measured by the Scoville heat index. In Indian culture, Bhut Jolokia is also used as a homeopathic remedy for stomach pain.

 The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Bhut Jolokia, widely referred to as Ghost Pepper and Jolokia Hot Sauce Chili Pepper, was the hottest pepper in the world between 2007 and 2010. Bhut Jolokia has weighed over 1,000,000 units on the scale of Scoville. The scale of Scoville measures the heat of the chili pepper on the basis of the amount of capsaicin present. Capsaicin is the compound responsible for the fire in chili peppers. For contrast, Tabasco sauce measures just between 3,500 and 5,000 Scoville units, Habanero pepper measures 300,000 units, while mere capsaicin measures 16,000,000 units.

Scientists have recently managed to succeed in cultivating the hard-to-grow Bhut Jolokia pepper in America , making Jolokia Hot Sauce more plentiful. Don't be fooled by his word, as Bhut Jolokia and Ghost Pepper are one and the same.