{"id":370978,"date":"2026-09-03T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370978"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:19:55","slug":"raja-mircha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/raja-mircha\/","title":{"rendered":"Raja Mircha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Nagaland Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along shared a video of chillies and had a hilarious warning for anyone brave enough to try Raja Mircha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Raja Mircha<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370992\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-370992\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=190%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Raja Mircha\" width=\"190\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=132%2C300&amp;ssl=1 132w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?w=386&amp;ssl=1 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raja Mircha<\/strong> is a <strong>chilli from Nagaland<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is also <strong>referred<\/strong> to as <strong>king chilli or Bhoot Jolokia and Ghost pepper<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Genus:<\/strong> This chilli belongs to the <strong>genus Capsicum<\/strong> of the <strong>family Solanaceae<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GI Tag:<\/strong> It got the Geographical Indication(GI) certification in <strong>2008<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It became the <strong>first chilli variety from Nagaland<\/strong> and the <strong>first type of goods from Nagaland <\/strong>to earn the<strong> GI tag.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> It has been considered as the <strong>world\u2019s hottest chilli<\/strong> and is constantly on the <strong>top five in the list of the world\u2019s hottest chilies<\/strong> based on the <strong>Scoville Heat Units (SHUs).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>staple culinary item<\/strong>, intrinsically <strong>linked to the local community<\/strong>, and historically <strong>used not just for food<\/strong>, but also as a <strong>pest repellent and even in ancient warfare.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"content-box-yellow\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About Scoville Heat Units (SHU)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scoville Heat Units (SHU)<\/strong> <strong>measure how much sugar-water needs to be diluted into a chili pepper mash<\/strong> to get to the <strong>point<\/strong> where <strong>you no longer feel the heat at all<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>higher the Scoville rating<\/strong>, the <strong>hotter the pepper<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Nagaland Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along shared a video of chillies and had a hilarious warning for anyone brave enough to try Raja Mircha. About Raja Mircha Raja Mircha is a chilli from Nagaland. It is also referred to as king chilli or Bhoot Jolokia and Ghost pepper. 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