Bought some peppers at my super market called Rawit which I see referred to online as birds eye or Thai peppers but I don’t really trust our local information. Bit hot on my lips nibbling on them but not too extremely hot as an ingredient.
This is with some tiny cherry tomatoes, most peppers were 1-2 cm longer than this.
Is Rawit a separate pepper? It also came with some green ones without heat I really disliked.
by Blacktip75
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Pretty sure rawit are Thai chili peppers. I buy them in bulk but don’t actually know for sure 😅
Looks like a birds eye.
There’s a huge number of peppers that look a bit like that so it’s really hard to ID them. Birdseye is just one of the many, usually they are more than just a bit hot, they typically pack a surprising punch.
When I’ve grown them they get tall, 3-5 feet high (1.5m or so).
Lots of things can be Thai chilis. In most places, Thai chilis will just be bird’s eye, but there are close to 80 varieties of Thai chilis that all look fairly similar. Could be anything, really.
The stem looks a bit fat for a Thai chili. I’m curious.
Looks like a Fresno.
Hard to tell since the tomatoes are small too – looks a little thick to be a Thai bird’s eye but most likely
Maybe helpful to use the Thai name: Prik Kee Noo is the spicy Thai chili, and its the tiny/thin one. This one looks much bigger and has more girth.
Most likely, it is a different cultivar. Can still be dilicious nontheless. Did it have a country of origin?
Ahh god my eyes what is that onion oh god what els is that tomato 🤣
Looks like a smol Fresno to me,
Maybe, only one way to tell. Pop it in your mouth and chew away. You’ll have your answer if it does/doesn’t taste like a birds eye chili.