Anandita Dutta Tamuly
Anandita Dutta Tamuly | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Chilli girl, Indian Chilli Queen |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation | Homemaker |
| Known for | Eating Bhut Jolokia peppers and rubbing them on her eyes. |
| Predecessor | Anita Crafford |
| Spouse | Pankaj Tamuly |
| Awards | Limca Book of Records |
Anandita Dutta Tamuly (Assamese: আনন্দিতা দত্ত তামুলী), maiden name Anandita Dutta, is an Assamese woman from Titabor Town in Jorhat district of Assam.[1][2][3] She is married to Pankaj Tamuly and is mother of a son. She is known for eating and rubbing Bhut Jolokia peppers on her bare eyes.[2][4][5] The chilli, native to Assam, is the world's second-hottest chilli pepper.[2][4][5]
Childhood effect[edit]
When Anandita was five, she had a sore tongue and her mother applied a chilli paste to cure the infection. Since then she developed a penchant for chillies.[2][3][5] While children of her age roamed the village looking for berries, she used to look for Bhut Jolokia pepper which she ate with salt.[4]
Making records[edit]
In 2006, Anandita had entered the Limca Book of Records by eating 60 ghost chillies in two minutes and smearing 12 chillies in her eyes in one minute flat.[1] Since then she has practised this in an attempt to enter the Guinness World Records by beating South Africa’s Anita Crafford, who created a record by eating eight jalapenos in a minute in 2002.[2][5]
In reality shows[edit]
Anandita's chilli eating was aired on Zee TV's reality show Shabaash India on August 29, 2006.[3]
Towards Guinness Records[edit]
"I felt so terrible I could eat only 51. In 2006, I had eaten 60 of them in two minutes for a local record event. But I am sure I shall make it to the Guinness World Records."
Anandita to The Associated Press.[4]
On Thursday night, April 9, 2009, Anandita performed her feat at the district library auditorium, Jorhat before hundreds of people for a Channel 4 programme on global food being anchored by celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay. She ate 51 red-hot chillies in two minutes and smeared seeds of 25 chillies in her eyes without shedding a tear.[1][2][4][5] According to Diganta Saikia, one of the event coordinators, the Guinness authorities had earlier asked them to authenticate this with a supervised recording of the feat.[1][2][5] The coordinators accordingly asked Ramsay to be the adjudicator for Guinness and he agreed to pursue Anandita’s claim as the world's 'hottest woman' by submitting video clippings.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "'Hottest' chef gets a taste of hottest jolokia - Gordon Ramsay finds Assam's chilli girl's performance for Guinness records 'unbelievable'". The Telegraph. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hussain, Syed Zarir (April 10, 2009). "Assamese woman munches world's hottest chillies, sets record". Jorhat. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ a b c IANS (5 August 2006). "World's 'hottest' woman". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Bengani (April 11, 2009). "Anandita Dutta Tamuly blazes through chili-eating feat". Zimbio. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Indian Chilli Queen: Anandita Dutta". 24timepass. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
External links[edit]
- Indian in record chilli attempt, BBC News.
- Woman aims for record feast of world's hottest pepper ABC News.