Ghost Chilli Burger
The hot one: a vegetarian patty built around ghost chilli, with bold sauces and crunchy vegetables in a toasted bun. The ghost chilli, or bhut jolokia, comes from north-east India and was certified in 2007 as the world’s hottest chilli, a record it has since lost. There is also a chicken version, the Ghost Fury, with cheese and tangy mayo.
The story
The ghost chilli is grown in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur in north-east India. Its Assamese name, bhut jolokia, originally meant Bhutanese pepper; the first word was confused with a near-identical one meaning ghost, and the English name followed from the mistake. Locally it is also called raja mircha, king chilli. It measures more than a million Scoville heat units, and Guinness World Records reported it as 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce when certifying it in 2007. It lost the record to the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T in 2011, then to the Carolina Reaper in 2013 and Pepper X in 2023.
What’s inside
- ghost chilli veg patty
- spicy sauces
- crunchy vegetables
- toasted bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Ghost Chilli Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and heat
Dean’s Breakfast Burger from Supernatural - Shares beef and heat
Bet It All On Black Garlic - Shares beef and heat
Paratha Smash Burger - Shares beef and heat
Peter’s Fuddruckers Burger
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About Wat-a-Burger
Wat-a-Burger was started by an airline pilot. Rajat Jaiswal, who has logged more than 7,000 flying hours, built the business in his time between flights with his childhood friend Farman Beig, who had come back from business studies in the UK in 2015. The company was registered on 14 February 2016 and opened its first outlet in Noida, just outside Delhi, the same month.
Outlets in cities across India, most of them franchises outside the big metros.
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