Piri piri

Piri piri, often hyphenated or as one word, and with variant spellings peri-peri or pili pili, is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens from the malagueta pepper. It was originally produced by Portuguese explorers in Portugal's former Southern African territories and then spread to other Portuguese domains.

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