About Piri Piri
Piri Piri (also Peri Peri, Bird’s Eye) is African pepper essential in Portuguese-African cuisine. Rating 50,000-175,000 SHU offers very hot heat. These small peppers pack intense punch. Essential for making piri piri sauce. The heat is sharp and immediate. C. frutescens species gives unique flavor. Very important in Mozambican and Angolan cuisines. Popular in Portuguese cooking. The name means ‘pepper pepper’ in Swahili. Spread by Portuguese traders. Now famous worldwide.
Flavor profile
Very hot, sharp
In the kitchen
African cuisine, piri piri sauce
Growing information
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Days to harvest
- 90-100 days
- Plant height
- 36-48 inches
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