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5 super-spicy Indian dishes that you need an iron constitution to survive

Every cuisine has at least one dish that'll melt your tastebuds in the most delightful way possible.

Food in India is no less than an adventure. It soothes on difficult days and excites on important days. We even embrace spicy cuisine as much as most of the other things. Every cuisine has at least one dish that’ll melt your tastebuds in the most delightful way possible. Here are a few of the spiciest dishes from the different parts of India.

1. Raja Mircha Pork Curry

This Nagaland pork is made with a ghost pepper, bhoot jolokia, which is the spiciest chilli ever. The dish works best with rice.

Ingredients
Pork
Garlic
Ginger
Salt to taste
1 Raja Mircha (AKA Bhoot Jolokia)
Tomatoes

2. Chicken Chettinad
Made with coconut and a generous amount of red chillies, this one is an iconic dish from the Southern part of India.

Ingredients
Chicken
Oil
Onions
Tomatoes
Cinnamon sticks
Cloves
Cardamoms
Cumin
Curry leaves
Turmeric powder
Salt
Coriander leaves
Onions
Ginger
Garlic
Fennel seeds
Cumin seeds
Peppercorns
Red chillies
Coconut

3. Kozhi Curry
This chicken curry is spicy and intense. It goes great with appam, idiyappam, chapati, dosa, and rice.

Ingredients
Chicken
Chilli powder
Black pepper powder
Turmeric powder
Ginger-garlic paste
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds
Fennel seeds
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Cloves
Coriander powder
Kashmiri chilli powder
Oil
Onion
Tomatoes
Salt to taste
Fresh Coconut
Coriander leaves a handful

4. Andhra Chilli Chicken

A dry chicken dish mixed with loads of green chillies, you’ll certainly need plenty of water to cope with this.

Ingredients
Chicken
Ghee
Onions
Lemon juice
Ginger-garlic paste
Red chilli powder
Garam masala powder
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves
Green chillies
Oil
Curry Leaves
Cumin
Green chillies

5. Gogura Mutton
It is a lamb dish that consists Gongura or sorrel leaf. The leaf gives a distinctive flavour to the dish. Make sure you keep some ice or cold water handy.

Ingredients
Mutton
Turmeric powder
Ginger garlic paste
Onion
Oil
Salt
Red chili powder
Coriander powder
Cumin powder
Green chilies
Sorrel leaves
Coriander leaves
Garam masala powder
Shahi jeera
Water
Cardamom
Cloves
Cinnamon stick