Ghost Chili

The bhut jolokia, also known as ghost pepper, ghost chili, Naga jolokia, and naga ghost chili, is a chili pepper cultivated in Bangladesh and Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It is an hybrid of the C. chinense and C. frutescens genes.

In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, as it is 900.5 times hotter than Tabasco sauce and 5 times hotter than many habaneros. The ghost chilli is rated at more than 1 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 SHUs. However, as of 2012, it was superseded by the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.

On December 26, 2013, the Guinness World Records rated the Carolina Reaper as the world's hottest pepper, moving the ghost chili to third place.

History
The ghost pepper has been around for centuries, but was brought to the West in 2000, but it wasn't recognised s the hottest pepper until 2007. The word bhut means ghost in the Bhutias language, so it is known as the ghost chili in English. It was named this because of how the heat creeps up on someone who eats it.