How central chili, pepper and other heat are relative to the other thirty-two cuisines.
🍛
Indian cuisine
1
🌶️
Thai cuisine
2
🌮
Mexican cuisine
3
Full ranking
1
🍛
Indian cuisineSouth & Southeast Asia
95
2
🌶️
Thai cuisineEast Asia
92
3
🌮
Mexican cuisineThe Americas
88
4
🌶️
Jamaican cuisineThe Americas
82
5
🍜
Malaysian cuisineSouth & Southeast Asia
80
6
🫓
Ethiopian cuisineMENA & Africa
80
7
🥥
Indonesian cuisineSouth & Southeast Asia
78
8
🍲
Nigerian cuisineMENA & Africa
76
9
🍲
Korean cuisineEast Asia
74
10
🍋
Peruvian cuisineThe Americas
70
11
🍲
Moroccan cuisineMENA & Africa
66
12
🥟
Chinese cuisineEast Asia
62
13
🍲
Vietnamese cuisineEast Asia
58
14
🥩
Brazilian cuisineThe Americas
56
15
🥙
Turkish cuisineMENA & Africa
54
16
🍗
Filipino cuisineSouth & Southeast Asia
52
17
🧆
Egyptian cuisineMENA & Africa
50
18
🍲
Hungarian cuisineEurope
48
19
🍔
American cuisineThe Americas
48
20
🧆
Lebanese cuisineMENA & Africa
46
21
🍚
Iranian cuisineMENA & Africa
42
22
🥘
Spanish cuisineEurope
38
23
🐟
Portuguese cuisineEurope
36
24
🫒
Greek cuisineEurope
34
25
🍝
Italian cuisineEurope
32
26
🥩
Argentine cuisineThe Americas
30
27
🍣
Japanese cuisineEast Asia
28
28
🥟
Russian cuisineEurope
26
29
🥟
Polish cuisineEurope
25
30
🥧
British cuisineEurope
24
31
🥖
French cuisineEurope
22
32
🥨
German cuisineEurope
20
33
🐟
Swedish cuisineEurope
18