World's 10 best spicy foods

WORLD'S 10 BEST SPICY FOODS 00 In 2000 BCE, pepper and cinnamon were two popular spices that were traded throughout South Asia and Middle East. The unleashing demand for different exotic herbs present in Egypt have stimulated the entire world trade. >A spice is a dried seed or vegetative substar often used as a food additive to add flavor. > Spicy food is enjoyed by the people worldwide because spices add up good amount of flavour to food. WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST SPICY FOODS Sambal Oelek (Grind Sauce) Country: Indonesia The Sambal Oelek is prepared by mixing up Vindaloo variety of peppers and to make it spicy, the Country: India The main ingredient of Vindaloo is meat, to local chilies are added to the food. prepare it, meat is first marinated in vinegar and later mixed up with the spice paste. Wot Country: Ethiopia Wot, a delicious food item that is prepared by marinating 1 kilo red onions and garlic along Chicken Jerk with few ounces of barbere. Country: Caribbean Jerk Chicken is prepared using all kinds of Suicide Chicken wings spices that includes cloves, cinnamon, scallions, nutmeg, thyme and garlic. Country: American Chicken Wings are cooked by mixing Tabasco peppers along with additional pieces of dried chili peppers that are chopped without Bibimbap with Kimchi Country: Korea removing seeds. Kimchi, a typical Korean food that consists rice, stir fry vegetables and meat. It is Radish with Sichuan pepper flavored with garlic, seasoned onions, peppers and ginger. Country: China This Chinese salad is made by combining Papa a la Huancaina Country: Peru Salad of potato is quite spicy, so it is served to salty radish with additional pieces of red chillies and Sichuan. Shrimp Creole food lovers with salsa huancaina lettuce mix, Country: American olives, black, corn and small pieces of egg. Ingredients used in making Shrimp Creole are chilies, tomatoes, shrimp and chicken, and to Tom Yum give it a spicy flavour, fresh chilies and Country: Thailand cayenne pepper are added. To give spicy taste to Tom Yum Gai (Chicken) or Tom Yum Pla (Seafood) spicy, bird's eye chilies, lime juice and lime leaves are added. 8 HIDDEN HEALTH BENEFITS OF SPICY FOODS Weight-loss Cold and flu Heart Health Prevents Arthritis Lowers Blood Pressure Mood Lifters Improves digestion Cancer Prevention FACTS OF SPICY FOODS India ranks top in the production of spices. Nearly 140 varieties of chili peppers are grown in and around Mexico. August 19th is celebrated as the National Hot & Spicy Food Day. Scoville Heat Units (SHU) is used for measuring heat generated through hot spices. Spicy foods come with strong medicinal and antimicrobial properties. Chili peppers are proven to be effective in reducing cholesterol. Garlic, chilies, onions and spices can kill the bacteria. Chili peppers boosts your metabolism. World's hottest chilies are grown in different areas of Australia. How Much Spice you can handle ? MEASURED IN SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS 100-500 450 600- 1,200 2,000 Sweet bell pepper Frank's Red hot sauce Pepperoncini Green Tabasco Poblano pepper sauce 2,500-5,000 2,500 -8,000 3,000 5,000 - 10,000 7,000 -8,000 DO CHIPOTLE BASCO Fuzzy Butt furnin hot sauce Chipotlę, A Smoked Jalapeno Fuzzy Butt Furnin' Hot sauce- Habanero Original tabasco Jalapeno pepper • MEDIUM 30,000 - 50,000 1,041,427 2,009,231 Bhut - loolokia Aka Ghost Pepper Trinidad scorpion moruga (The hottest pepper in the world) Cayenne pepper HOT TOP 10 SPICES PRODUCERS Pakistan Nepal 20,400 53,647 China 81,600 Bangladesh 128,517 Turkey 107,000 India 1,051,000 Colombia Production in tonnes 14,900 Iran 11,500 Burkina Faso Srilanka 5,800 5,200 Sources: http://www.pingtalks.com/top-10-most-spicy-foods-in-the-world http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2010/mar/11ten-health-benefits-of-spicy-food.htm http://fillyourplate.org/blog/20-fun-facts-about-hot-spicy-food/ http://www.fuzzystacoshops.com/741714/2013/08/14/how-hot-is-it-your-guide-to-spicy-peppers-infographic.html Flavored Delights DESIGNED BY www.flavoreddelights.com graphs.net