Mumbai: As soon as summer arrives, customers have started coming to Vashi market for spices. In this season, there is good demand for red chillies for preparing masala. However, due to better income in the market this year, there has not been any significant increase in the price of red dry chilli. Due to which housewives have got relief.
As the sun begins to warm, women stock up the house with enough chillies, spices and groceries to last for the whole year. Although this method has reduced now, it has not stopped. Properly dried and seedless red chillies become available in the market from the month of January. Red chilli is also being imported from local areas including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
This year, there is special demand for chillies like Bedki, Guntur, Teja, Kashmiri, Sankeshwari in the market. There is no significant difference in the price of red chilli this year compared to last year. Overall prices have remained stable. Even if you want clean and peeled chillies, you will have to pay Rs 20 to Rs 30 more per kg. But saving time by paying Rs 20-30 more than hard work is also becoming very popular among women these days. In the market, the price of red clove chilli is Rs 200 to 250, the price of Bedgi chilli is Rs 320 to 350, the price of Pandi chilli is Rs 300 to 320 and the price of Kashmir chilli is up to Rs 300.