Dinner With Friends: Halloween Edition

A head's up. There will be no recipes today. 

I threw a simple dinner for my friends as we geared up for the Halloween festivities. Not that it is culturally required but why waste a chance to watch scary movies, gouge down plentiful of comfort food and have a gala time at it.

So just to let you guys, this is what me and my friends had and the movies we saw while having the food.

The Punching Peppers

The Unripe Pepper [Courtesy: Wikipedia]

So you know that I am an Indian and therefore, I have an above average tolerance for hot and spicy food. I absolutely love my spice for that matter. However, when a horticulturist friend of mine from Assam sent me the infamous Naga Marich peppers I was in for the ride of my life. Initially painful but eventually once tamed, very worthwhile. 

Now for those of you who don't know, Bhut Jolokia or Naga Marich (perhaps more popular with the misnomer Ghost Pepper outside the Indian subcontinent) is the world's hottest chilli. A Scoville Score of 855,000 units is no joke. It is in fact so hot, that a small bite from this chilli would make your eyes water and give you a runny nose for no less than 5 hours. Need I elaborate the pain your mouth would be suffering from?

Anyway, getting on with it. I had a dozen dried bhut jolokia with me and I couldn't wait to try them out. Glove in hand (as directed and warned vehemently by her) I decided to try to make my spicy masala chicken curry. I often douse that home-y chicken with an insane amount of spice. It tastes brilliant no matter which rendition is being used. So I figured why not try it there.