An aloo bonda ($3) appetizer of two fried onion-studded potato-filled lentil dumplings look a bit like knishes, but pack some unexpected punch from fiery peppers.

Indeed, the fiery peppers in Thai cooking are cooled with a flurry of fresh mint.

Too much momiji oroshi, a mixture of fiery red pepper and grated radish, can numb the senses, though there should be enough to awaken the palate.

Except for the fiery peppers, it was lacking in flavor.

Stuffed jalapeno - three little fiery peppers stuffed with cheese, breaded and deep-fried - was dynamite!

The south, with its long growing season and warm days and nights, produces a vaunted fiery pepper known generically as "hatch."

We broke off pieces to shovel up bits of the pepper and its filling - and quickly discovered how fiery the pepper itself was.

Crunchy bean sprouts are served on the side, along with green onions and fiery hot peppers.

If it isn't in a Thai dish, a bottle of it is certainly placed nearby, along with sugar and fiery minced peppers, sometimes in vinegar, sometimes naked.

At Mexican Fiesta in Milwaukee, the winner of last year's jalapeño contest consumed 22 of the fiery peppers within one minute.