Our Indian from Goa

My Indian from Goa was finally ready to be picked. I have to admit it, I'm not that fond of Capsicum annuum, but this one is special to me. Probably because I enjoyed Goa so much. We were there in 2008 for a two weeks yoga retreat.

I remember stopping at the road, asking a woman who sold vegetables for chile peppers. She didn't have any, but asked her son to run to their home and get some dried "house-peppers", and those were the ones that I bought. It's a nice story, and now they are growing in my home.

More pictures here: http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=1208

And some pictures from Goa :-) Starting with a picture of a chile pepper. I think they bring luck!

 

Namaste!
   Mats

Making powder in June

Always the question - what to do with all the chiles?

When we were in Goa, India a year ago, I bought some dried chiles from a woman in a grocery tent. I'm growing this variety this year, and it is slowly gaining size. But still no flowers. Anyway, I decided to make a powder from the remaining pods. A good, moderate heat. In other words - a powder that can be used in everyday cooking.

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Another favorite of mine is pimenta cumari. A quite common variety in Brazil. I've grown cumari in different species - both C. baccatum and C. praetermissum, so there is not only "one" cumari variety. This is how they look dried. Tepin-sized pods.

And here is a picture with immature pods. Very nice plant.

Some more examples can be found here:
http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=49
and here
http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=222