Ají dulce, ají cachucha, quechucha, ajicito, or ají gustoso is any of a variety of sweet perennialpeppers found in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is most widely known in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, where it refers to a specific native variety of Capsicum chinense that is related to the habanero but with a much milder, smoky flavor. In the English-speaking Caribbean, it is known as seasoning pepper and is essential to a variety of traditional dishes.
In South AmericanSpanishají means 'chili pepper' and dulce means 'sweet', so the name translates to 'sweet chili pepper'. Cachucha is a Latin American word for 'cap', so ají cachucha means 'cap chili pepper' and refers to its cap-like shape. Gustoso means 'tasty', so ají gustoso translates to 'tasty chili pepper'. Ajicito is the diminutive of ají and translates to 'little chili pepper'.
Use in cookingedit
In Venezuelan cuisine, ají dulce is a key ingredient in many traditional dishes, like the national dish pabellón criollo. The Venezuelan ají dulce is classified as non pungent, between 100 and 500 in the Scoville scale.[1][2]
In Puerto Rico where it is called ají dulce or ajicito, it is grown commercially and used for sauces, such as recaíto, sofrito, and mojito isleño, other fish or meat sauces, as well as stews, rice, and other local dishes.[3]
^Romero, Alejandro (27 April 2020). "¿Por qué comemos ajíes?". El Estímulo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-04.
^Yonekura, Kaoru (11 November 2020). "Ají dulce: identidad venezolana en un ingrediente inmigrante". El Estímulo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-04.
^Mangan, Frank; Barros, Zoraia. "Ají dulce". World Crops. UMass Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
Weaver, William Woys. (2000) 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. ISBN1-56512-238-0
January 01, 1970
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