Lal mirch in english: red chilli names in indian languages

The searched phrase lal mirch is two Hindi words: lal means red and mirch is chilli, so lal mirch means red chilli. The same lal shows up in the Urdu name lal mirchi and the Punjabi lal mircha. Every row of the table below comes from the local-names list of IFCT 2017 for food code G022, with the English column giving the food name, chillies, red. IFCT prints no Sanskrit name for this entry. Twelve languages carry a name in IFCT 2017's list; the table keeps the spellings exactly as the source prints them.

Source: IFCT 2017 (ICMR-NIN) local-names list. — means no name recorded in the source.

Red chilli in English is chillies, red, the name under which IFCT 2017 carries its pooled entry for dry red chilli. The botanical name is Capsicum annum. IFCT keeps the fresh stage separate: it lists green chillies under their own codes (G001 to G008) and the dry red chilli as G022. The step from one to the other is ripeness and drying, and COWBERRY's product pages describe its own chillies the same way, hand-harvested at full maturity and naturally sun-dried.

Kashmiri lal mirch in English is Kashmiri red chilli, a variety of the same dry red chilli, not a different spice. Its mildness and deep colour have their own page, what is kashmiri red chilli. When a recipe or pack says lal mirch, lal mirch powder, chilli powder or red chilli powder, all of them mean this one spice, whole or ground.

North India: mirchi in Hindi, lal mircha in Punjabi

IFCT 2017 prints the Hindi name as mirchi; lal mirch is the everyday phrase made from it. Punjabi adds the colour word and prints lal mircha, and Urdu prints lal mirchi.

West India: lal marcha (sukha) in Gujarati, mulaku in Marathi

Gujarati names the dry spice lal marcha (sukha), the bracketed word marking the dried form. Marathi prints mulaku, the same word Malayalam uses.

East India: shuckhuo lonka in Bengali, lanka in Odia, sukan jolokia in Assamese

Bengali prints shuckhuo lonka, Odia lanka and Assamese sukan jolokia, each written here exactly as IFCT spells it.

South India: ona menasinakayi in Kannada, mirapakaya in Telugu, varamilagai in Tamil

Kannada prints ona menasinakayi, Telugu mirapakaya, Tamil varamilagai and Malayalam mulaku. Red chilli in Tamil is varamilagai, and red chilli in Telugu is mirapakaya.

• Green chilli: the same species, Capsicum annum, at the fresh green stage. IFCT 2017 lists green chillies under separate codes (G001 to G008), so the red and the green are two entries of one plant.
• Kashmiri lal mirch: not a different spice but a variety of red chilli known for mild heat and deep colour; it is described on its own page, what is kashmiri red chilli.
• Byadgi chilli: another named variety of dry red chilli in Indian shops; see the guide to byadgi chilli.
• Paprika: IFCT 2017 prints no paprika name under this entry, and paprika is not equated with lal mirch; lal mirch is dry red chilli.
• Whole vs powder: two forms of one spice. The powder is simply whole dry red chillies ground fine, made at home by the method on how to make kashmiri lal mirch powder.

Two growing regions are named on COWBERRY's own product pages. Its whole red chillies are Guntur chillies from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, and its chilli powder blends them with Kashmiri-style chillies from the high-altitude valleys of Himachal Pradesh. IFCT 2017 does not print a growing state for its red chilli entry, so beyond these two product pages, no other region is named.

The whole Guntur chilli is sold as Organic Tadkalal Red Chilli Whole, and the blend of Guntur and Himachal chillies as Organic Toofanilal powder. For the spice itself, its per-100 g numbers and its cooking, the dry chilli hub is the place to start.

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What is lal mirch?

Lal mirch is dry red chilli, the dried fruit of Capsicum annum that IFCT 2017 lists as chillies, red. The name is two Hindi words, lal (red) and mirch (chilli). Indian kitchens use it whole in tadka and pickles or ground into lal mirch powder for curries and spice blends.

What is lal mirch called in English?

Red chilli. IFCT 2017 carries the spice under the English food name chillies, red, and the botanical name is Capsicum annum. Lal mirch and red chilli are the same thing, whole or as powder.

What is kashmiri red chilli?

Kashmiri red chilli is a variety of dry red chilli known for deep red colour and mildness. COWBERRY's product pages source it from the high-altitude valleys of Himachal Pradesh and grind it without artificial colours. The full answer is on what is kashmiri red chilli.

Difference between kashmiri lal mirch and lal mirch?

Heat and colour. Kashmiri lal mirch is recorded as mild, with a deep red colour; ordinary lal mirch, like the Guntur chilli, brings stronger heat. Both are the same species and one IFCT entry, so the difference is in the variety, not the nutrition table. The two are compared on kashmiri lal mirch vs lal mirch.

What is lal mirch powder?

Whole dry red chillies ground fine. COWBERRY's product pages describe the powder as chillies that are sun-dried and finely ground without artificial colours, and the whole chillies can be dry-roasted and ground at home. The step-by-step method is on how to make kashmiri lal mirch powder.

What is red chilli called in Telugu?

Mirapakaya. IFCT 2017 prints that as the Telugu name for dry red chilli, while Tamil prints varamilagai, Kannada ona menasinakayi and Malayalam mulaku. Red chilli in Tamil is varamilagai, the spelling the source uses.