Green Chillies

SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Capsicum Frutescens

MEDICINAL VALUE :
Excellent medicine for the lungs, acts as a decongestant, helps dissolve blood clots, kills pain and induces euphoria.

NUTRIENT VALUE :
Green chili peppers provide a variety of essential nutrients including vitamin C, vitamin A and potassium.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Ppopular and very essential spice in almost all savory dishes like dals, kormas, curries, breads, certain spicy snacks etc. it adds life to a bland indian dish.

GLOSSARY :
English : Green Chillies
Tamil : Pachchii Milagai
Malayalam : Pachamulagu
Telugu : Patchimirapa / Pachchi Mirapakayalu
Kannada : Hasi Menasinakai
Hindi : Hara Mircha / Hari Mirch
Bengali : Kancha Lanka / Maricha
Gujarati : Marcha
Konkani : Jeevisaang / Tanrni Mirsang / Tanrni Miriyasang
Marathi : Pachchai Milagai
Oriya : Lila Marcha
Punjabi : Mirchan