THE PICKLE DIARY

There is a chilli growing in the misty hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim that has quietly defined Himalayan cooking for centuries. Round, fiery red, almost deceptively small — the Dalle Khursani is one of the most extraordinary chillies in the world. And almost nobody outside the hills knows it exists. WHERE IT COMES FROM: THE ORIGIN OF DALLE KHURSANI Region: Eastern...