Indian food is famous for its spicy flavours. Thank the plethora of spices that form a part of our cuisine. From the spiciest red naga to sweet peppers and capsicums, the Indian cuisine has it all. But one spice that cannot be missed is the favourite and the most delectable green chilli. Name a food it cannot enhance the flavour of.
As delicious it makes your foods, have you ever wondered that green chilli can have health benefits?
Well, it is full of antioxidants, which are excellent for your health and skin. Chillis also help in boosting metabolism helping you lose weight. Further, green chillis have a compound called capsaicin, which has a number of benefits for your health.
All these benefits will be explored in this article along with its side effects, which include heartburn and digestive upset, which are observed with an overuse. This suggests that you must not overindulge with chillis.
Before beginning with these benefits and side effects, let’s have a look at some basic facts.
Some basic facts about green chilli
Green chilli forms an indispensable part of the Indian cuisine and is basically a hot tasting berry, first discovered in America. Since then it has travelled the world and is grown across continents. Green chillis are used fresh, dried or even pickled and are also eaten raw in salads. Green chilli grows on a shrub, 1.5 metres in height. This plant branches and has flowers in groups of 1 to three, which are whitish green in colour.
- Scientific name: Capsicum annuum
- Family: Solanaceae
- Common name: Chilli, chili, green chilli, hari mirch, mirch
- Parts used: berry and leaves
- Native region and geographic distribution: Green chillis are native to North and South America, where they were discovered and first grown. Currently, India produces 65.8% of the chillis majorly in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa and West Bengal.
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