Quality: Zaycca offers premium grade Mathania red chilli with zero added preservatives, artificial flavours, or colours. They are specially sourced from Rajasthan to ensure the highest quality just for you.
Aroma and Flavour Profile: Mathania red chilli offers a unique sharpness and pungent flavour. The potent heat lays the foundation for many regional specialties and its smouldering aroma wraps meats in a rustic, charred taste. It also has an underlying sweetness that counteracts the vigour of the spice. This chilli blends with other spices well and helps to bring out the best flavour of the dish.
Cooking: Mathania red chilli is ideal for a variety of dishes including crafting an authentic Laal Maans, the iconic Rajasthani mutton curry that is steeped in tradition. It also brings a vivid burst of heat to a variety of meat, lentil, or vegetable dishes. The spice lends a smoky, sweetly nuanced warmth to gravies and marinades that’s distinctively Rajasthani.
Health Benefits: Beyond its fiery reputation, Mathania Red Chilli is loaded with vitamin A and C, promoting immunity and vision health. It contains a chemical called capsaicin which is produced by the plant to defend itself against microbes and predators. The hotness of this chemical is used as a drug to relieve pain.
Zaycca Tip: Store your Mathania Red Chilli in an airtight container, shielded from sunlight, to preserve its pungency and vibrant colour for as long as a year. Also in order to get the maximum flavour out of the chillies, it’s beneficial to soak them in warm water for about 20 to 30 minutes before adding them to the dish. This softens the chillies, making them easier to blend into pastes or slice for use in recipes. The soaking also helps in tempering the intensity of the heat.
