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In the episode about Rajasthani cuisine, the history of red chilies came up.  I found it very interesting to know that the red chilies that are very often attributed to Indian cuisine, did not actually originate in India.  Red chilies originated in Mexico and were brought to India by Portuguese traders.  Now India tops in the cultivation of dry red chili peppers. The chili pepper features heavily in the cuisine of the Goan region of India, which was the site of a Portuguese colony (e.g., vindaloo, an Indian interpretation of a Portuguese dish). Chili peppers journeyed from India, through Central Asia and Turkey, to Hungary, where they became the national spice in the form of paprika.