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Whole dried Byadgi red chillies in a bowl

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Chilli

Byadgi and Guntur varieties, prized for deep colour value and balanced pungency. Supplied whole, crushed or finely ground.

Whole dried chilliCrushed chilli / flakesPremium chilli powderChilli seeds (by-product)
  • Stemless and with-stem grades available
  • Moisture controlled, sun-dried in our 2-acre yard
  • 30 kg export bags - up to 3,000 bags per batch
  • 15 tons/day powder capacity for container orders
  • Chilli seeds recovered and cleaned for oil and oleoresin buyers
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Chilli in the grades we ship

Cleaned dried chilli seeds recovered during stemming and crushing at MKB Enterprises
Chilli seeds - by-product for oil and oleoresin buyers

See Chilli in motion

Unedited footage shot at our Byadgi yard and processing lines.

Sun-dried whole red chilli, graded before milling
Freshly ground Byadgi chilli powder in our milling hall

Chilli varieties we supply

Each variety differs in colour value, pungency and pod character. Open a variety for full specifications and packing options.

Dried Byadgi 2043 red chillies with wrinkled deep maroon skin

Byadgi 2043

High colour, low pungency Byadgi-type hybrid

Dried 5531 red chillies spread on a drying floor

5531

Bright red all-rounder with strong export demand

Laali dried red chillies with long twisted pods

Laali

Rich red, medium-heat table chilli

Heap of bright red Teja S17 dried chillies at a market yard

Teja (S17)

Very high pungency Guntur workhorse

Dense mass of Garuda dried red chillies with slim wrinkled pods

Garuda

High-yield hybrid with strong colour and medium-high heat

Glossy red C5 Sannam dried chillies on a dark surface

C5 (Sannam)

Guntur Sannam family all-purpose grade

Broad wrinkled Dabbi type dried red chillies

DD & DB (Dabbi)

Thick-skinned Dabbi grades with premium colour and very low heat

Dabbi Kashmiri dried red chillies with thick wrinkled deep maroon pods

Dabbi Kashmiri

Kashmiri-style colour chilli with almost no heat

KDL Kaddi long dried red chillies heaped beside jute sacks

KDL (Kaddi Long)

Long, thin stick-type pods with a bright pink-red tone

Byadgi chilli, from the market that sets the price

Our yard sits inside the Byadgi APMC belt in Haveri district, Karnataka - the single largest dried red chilli market in the world, and the reference point traders across India watch when they check the Byadgi chilli price on any given morning. Buying at the source means we grade lots ourselves rather than accepting whatever a middleman has already blended.

Byadgi (often spelled Byadagi) chilli is bought for colour, not heat. The wrinkled, deep-maroon pods of varieties like 2043, 5531, Dabbi and Kashmiri-type run roughly 80–150 ASTA with mild pungency, which is why oleoresin extractors and masala houses specify them by name. Where a buyer needs bite instead of tone, we pull from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh - Teja S17, Garuda and C5 Sannam carry the pungency, from around 35,000 SHU up past 100,000 SHU.

Whole, crushed and powder - one line, three formats

As bulk chilli powder exporters, we run 15 tons of powder every 24 hours and pack up to 3,000 bags of 30 kg per batch. Whole chilli ships stemless or with stem; crushed chilli and flakes are cut to your specified size; powder is ground to your mesh with the colour value stated on the lot sheet.

Every consignment is sun-dried across our two-acre yard before it reaches the mill, so moisture is settled rather than forced. Buyers comparing Byadgi vs Kashmiri chilli for a blend are welcome to ask for both - we will send matched samples with ASTA and SHU figures so the decision is made on data, not on a photograph.

Chilli - buyer questions

What is the difference between Byadgi and Kashmiri chilli?
Both are prized for colour rather than heat. Byadgi chilli, grown around Byadgi in Karnataka, has long wrinkled deep-maroon pods with roughly 80–150 ASTA colour and mild pungency, and is the standard raw material for oleoresin extraction. Kashmiri-type chilli gives a brighter red tone with a slightly rounder pod. We supply Byadgi-type varieties including a Dabbi Kashmiri grade, and will send matched samples of each so you can compare on your own bench.
What is the ASTA colour value of your Byadgi chilli?
It varies by variety. Byadgi 2043 typically runs about 80–120 ASTA, 5531 and Laali sit in a similar high-colour band, while Guntur varieties such as Teja S17 are lower in colour and far higher in pungency. Every lot ships with its stated colour value.
Do you export Guntur Teja S17 chilli in bulk?
Yes. Teja S17 is sourced from the Guntur market in Andhra Pradesh and supplied whole, stemless or as powder, typically at 75,000–100,000+ SHU. It is the usual choice where the requirement is heat rather than colour.
What is your minimum order for bulk chilli powder?
We size the first order around a trial container so you can qualify the material before committing to a standing contract. With 15 tons per day of powder capacity and up to 3,000 thirty-kilogram bags per batch, scaling up afterwards is a scheduling question, not a capacity one.