The signature Indian red chili — slender, deep-red pods with an intense smoky character at 50,000–100,000 SHU. Grown in Uganda for spice blenders, curry manufacturers, tandoori kitchens, and pickle producers worldwide.
The Teja S17 cultivar is one of the most widely traded Indian dried red chilies. Named for the Guntur region of Andhra Pradesh where it was popularized, Teja is prized by masala blenders, curry-paste manufacturers, and tandoori kitchens for its combination of high pungency, saturated red colour, and smoky depth of flavour. It is the chili behind countless retail curry powders, tandoori marinades, and pickle recipes.
Our Uganda-grown Teja is sun-dried whole and offered stem-on, stemless, or as fine powder — a scalable, dependable ingredient for food manufacturers who need both colour and heat in a single chili.
The base chili in garam masala, curry powder, sambar masala, and countless regional Indian spice blends.
Ground Teja delivers the deep red hue of authentic tandoori marinades and Punjabi tikka-style rubs.
Whole Teja is a staple of Indian pickle (achaar) production — mango, lime, and mixed vegetable pickles.
Widely used as a substitute for Sichuan facing-heaven chilies in stir-fries, hot pot, and málà oil.
The workhorse chili in commercial retail chili powder, snack seasoning, and instant meal manufacture.
Ground Teja provides the heat and colour spine of Indian restaurant curry bases — bhuna, madras, vindaloo.
Full Teja pods with stems attached — the format specified for many pickle houses and traditional masala shops.
De-stemmed whole pods — the industrial standard for spice powder manufacture and machine-fed grinding.
Milled Teja powder — deep red, high-pungency, ready for masala blends, retail packs, and instant seasoning sachets.
CoA and phytosanitary certificate with every shipment.
| Parameter | Stem-On | Stemless | Powder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species | C. annuum | C. annuum | C. annuum |
| Heat (SHU) | 50K–100K | 50K–100K | 50K–100K |
| Colour | Deep red | Deep red | Deep red |
| Moisture | ≤ 12% | ≤ 12% | ≤ 10% |
| Non-GMO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aflatoxin Tested | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shelf Life | 24 months | 24 months | 18 months |
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