The History of Peri-Peri | African Dream Foods

African Dream Foods
1 min readDec 3, 2020

Like all chili peppers, Peri-Peri is descended from plants from the Americas, but it has grown in the wild in Africa for centuries and is now cultivated commercially in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda. It grows mainly in Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Portugal. It is cultivated for both commercial food processing and the pharmaceutical industry. Peri-Peri is primarily used to treat schizophrenia, anxiety, and mania.

Depending on the crop, these chili’s can register up to 175,000 heat units on the Scoville scale.

African Dream Foods Peri-Peri sauces aren’t quite that hot, but the unique flavor provides an exotic dining experience that mimics Peri-Peri's rich history.

Peri-Peri pairs quite well with chicken — particularly when you barbecue or roast it — as well as with barbecue shrimp. A popular South African snack is roasted cashews with Peri-Peri spice.

Originally published at https://africandreamfoods.com on December 3, 2020.

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