INDIA New England News
Guwahati/Kohima–“Bhut/”Bhoot Jolokia”, one of the hottest chillis in the world, was on Wednesday exported, for the first time, from Guwahati to London.
Similar to “Naga jolokia”, “Raja Mirchi”, “Naga Morich” and “King chilli”, grown in Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur, it was declared the hottest chilli pepper in the world by Guinness World Records in 2007.
Airports Authority of India officials said that the chilli was formally exported to London from the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati via an Air India flight.
AAIs Regional Executive Director Ravi Kant said that this occasion is special, because “Bhut Jolokia”, which has been conferred a GI tag for being the unique product of the northeast India, is getting exported from this region.