Arsik Arsik Arsik is an Indonesian spicy fish dish of the Batak Toba and Mandailing people of North Sumatra, usually using the common carp (known in Indonesia as "ikan mas" or gold fish). Distinctively Batak elements of the dish are the use of torch ginger fruit ("asam cikala"), and "andaliman" (Indonesian szechuan pepper). Common Indonesian spices such as shallots, garlic, ginger, fresh turmeric root and chili are also used. Andaliman, essential for the distinctive taste of the dish, is known to grow only in the Batak highlands above 1500 metres of North Tapanuli and Samosir, hence this dish is regarded as
Komodo Dragon (chili pepper) popular pepper in 2015, and it was brought back for 2016. Komodo Dragon (chili pepper) The Komodo Dragon is reportedly one of the hottest chili peppers in the world, at around 1.4 million Scoville heat units. The pepper was announced in 2015, and went on sale in Tesco stores. The pepper is notable also for what was described as a "delayed reaction"—Eleanor Mansell, who buys chili peppers for Tesco, said, "At first you can taste a wonderful hot fruitiness, but then after about 10 seconds the full might of this little demon hits you and your whole mouth is aglow".