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The spicy curries of Bangladeshi cuisine start out here in the chilli fields, where workers harvest and sort red chilli peppers by hand. Once picked, the peppers are sun-dried and used whole or crushed to powder. The chillis not only add flavour to foods but help kill bacteria, too. Plus, hot foods help diners cool down: One natural reaction to capsaicin, the active chemical in chillis, is sweating, which can help chill the skin in tropical heat.
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