【ICHIBA JUNCTION】 What’s Chili Pepper?

When asked what chili peppers are, dried red thing can be imagined at first. Furthermore, it can be tended to image "HOT". But in Mexico, it is used to make stock and in Korea, it is used to take "sweetness"!

The peppers are not just spicy but sweet fruity behind, and umami can be actually contained to bring out the flavour of soup stock.

Well, speaking of chilli pepper is that one of component capsaicin is good for the body.
The health benefits are…

• Warm up the body – prevent sensitivity to cold
• Perspiration
• Reduce fat
• Facilitate the flow of blood
• Promotion of appetite
• Bactericidal action
• Anti-inflammatory action

In addition to capsaicin, vitamin A, rich in vitamin E, vitamin B2, iron, potassium plenty. Although highly nutritious, and eating a lot of spicy peppers is difficult.

To intake from Kimchi and stir-fry is recommended. Also sweet is up by removing seeds and part of some kind white cotton when cleaning. It can be reduced spicy by cooling also.

Because of spicy taste, it can effect to feel lightly flavour though less salt, it is recommended to take in chilli peppers to people who suffer high blood pressure. However, beware not to eat too much.

■Chili pepper seasonings

• Shichimi Assorted pepper

A blend of seven kinds from red pepper (raw chilli peppers, roasted chili pepper), sesame, poppy seed, green nori seaweed, hempseed, leather Chen, citrus peel and perilla leaf.

• Chili Powder
Refer to single red pepper (chili pepper). In general, a blend of several spices such as chilli pepper, cumin, oregano, cloves and garlic.

• Cayenne Pepper
"Cayenne" rather than a single variety of pepper, which refers to the powdered spice, mixed multiple hot peppers.

• Chinese Red Chili Oil(Ra-yu)