Chilies, chilies, chilies

Habanero chilies - 11:30am
Originally uploaded by Carafaele

I bought Simon some chili plants for Christmas, and I absolutely adore this habanero plant - the chilies change colour so quickly! Yesterday there were three green chilies, this morning one had turned yellow, and NOW - not even yet midday - the yellow chili is orange and one of the green chilies is yellow! Incredible!

We also have a Black Pearl chili plant, which produces bunches of small round (pearl-shaped) chilies that are black and shiny until they mature into a deep red. These chilies are very hot but also very sweet, and thus go perfectly with a variety of asian foods. Very soon we're going to try them out in an eggplant and pork mince dish. Delicious!

I want to grow more.