Nickerie.Net, dinsdag 14 april 2009

Indiase wil "heetste vrouw ter wereld" worden

Asam - India - Een 26-jarige Indiase vrouw wil de "heetste vrouw ter wereld" worden en dat neemt ze letterlijk. In twee minuten tijd verorberde ze maar liefst 51 superpikante rode pepers en daar deed ze nog een schepje bovenop. Ze wreef de pitten van de pepers in haar ogen.

Terwijl de 26-jarige Anandita Dutta Tamuly de Bhut Jolokias in snel tempo naar binnen verwerkt, de wereldberoemde kok Gordon Ramsay de tijd scherp in de gaten.  Photo: europhotos

Anandita Dutta Tamuly deed haar kunstjes donderdagavond in Jorhat, in het noordoosten van India. Ook de Britse topkok Gordon Ramsay was aanwezig bij het optreden van de vrouw. Tongontsteking

"De verantwoordelijken van het Guinness Book of Records hadden aan ons gevraagd om het gebeuren vast te leggen onder het waakzaam oog van een onafhankelijk persoon. Wij hebben vervolgens aan Gordon Ramsay gevraagd om onze getuige te zijn", legt Diganta Saikia, die het evenement mee organiseert, uit.

Tamuly eet al sinds haar 5 jaar regelmatig pepers. "Ik had een tongontsteking en mijn moeder behandelde die ontsteking met pepers. Vanaf dat moment ontwikkelde ik een voorliefde voor pepers", aldus de Indiase vrouw.

Chilli-eating world record

Chris Hastings

Mumbai - Woman rubs chilli pepper seeds in her eyes after setting new world record A 28-year-old Indian woman smeared chilli pepper seeds on her eyes after gobbling up 51 of the world's hottest chillies to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Anadita Dutta Tamuly completed her eye watering challenge in just two minutes on Friday under the watchful eye of chef Gordon Ramsay, who was monitoring her record attempt.

She then shocked onlookers by smearing handfuls of seeds from the "ghost chillies", or bhut jolokia, into her eyes.

The Guinness Book of Records first recognised the bhut jolokia as the world's hottest chilli in 2007.

The ghost chilli has more than 1 million Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chilli's spiciness while jalapeño peppers measure between 2,500 and 8,000. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units.

Ramsay, who was filming in India for a Channel 4 programme, could manage only one of the chillies before calling for water and screaming: "It's too much."

Despite the formidable reputation of ghost chillies, Mrs Tamuly dismissed her achievement.

She said: "I have been eating bhut jolokia since my childhood and never felt the hotness in my mouth.

"When I was five I had a sore tongue and my mother applied a chilli paste to cure the infection. Since then I developed a penchant for chillies.

"After that I found eating chillies was a great way to stay healthy. Every time I have a cold or flu I just munch on some chillies and I feel better.

"To be honest, I barely notice them now."

She added she was disappointed not to have managed even more having swallowed 60 chillies in practice sessions before the record attempt in the Assam region of India where Mrs Tamuly lives.

The previous record was held by a South African woman who ate eight jalapeños in one minute in 2002.

In September last year an aspiring chef died after eating a chilli sauce as part of an endurance competition with a friend.

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