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Rawit chilli

A favourite in Thai and Indonesian cuisine

Rawit - Product picture

Proceed with care when cooking with rawit. Nature's Pride's 'hot scale', which indicates the spiciness of peppers, gives them a score of 8 (out of 10). On the international Scoville scale, Rawit chillies have achieved a maximum of 480,000 units, a score that few peppers come close to.

It is no coincidence that it is the favourite pepper of Thai and Indonesian chefs and home cooks. The shape of the pepper is small and elongated. The skin looks waxy and has a shiny red or green colour.

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Storage advice

  • Transport and storage: Rawit pepper best retains its freshness under cool conditions. Transport and storage should, therefore, not take place above 10˚C.
  • Shop: Keep a spot on the regular fresh produce shelf.

Our rawit chillies are grown in:

Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique and Senegal

Growing and harvesting

At the grower's

Rawit chillies peppers are grown from seed to plant by plant growers. The trays with seeds are kept under artificial light for 2 weeks at a temperature between 23 and 25˚C. When the first plants appear, the peppers are moved to pots or rockwool blocks. Once the plants reach 40 centimetres the Rawit plants go to their final destination: the open field in the field or the greenhouse, depending on the season.

After 3 months, Rawit chillies are big enough to be harvested. Green Rawit chillies are at least 3 centimeters long at that stage, red ones can be orange-red. A shiny skin is also a good indication of the right harvest time. Harvesting is manual work, as is sorting for quality, size and colour. Packed in 2 kilo boxes, the Rawit chillies are sent to Nature's Pride.

Rawit - Growth & Harvesting

Recipes & preparation tips

If you like your coconut soup or bottle squash spicy – see the EAT ME website – put Rawit chillies on the list of ingredients. The spicy boost also gives an asparagus and beef salad or 'everyday' mussels an oriental feel. Preparing does require attention, however. Prevent the heat from being absorbed by the skin by rubbing your hands with oil beforehand. Washing well with soap afterwards further reduces irritation. If necessary, the seeds and membranes can be removed to take away some of the heat.

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