"I was given...to eat with green chillies." Ishaan Khatter recalls how he managed eating chiles for six hours

Bollywood actors' action sequences are often loved and publicly praised by people on social media. What people don't realise is that many other acts deserve equal applause, where actors go out of their comfort zone and the obvious to make a scene realistic. For instance, when actor Ishaan Khatter ate green chilles for a food competition in his flick *Dhadak*, handling the heat during and after the shoot was a real challenge.Recalling his shooting days from Dhadak, the actor told Kunal Vijayakar in an interview for his YouTube show Khaane Main Kya Hai that during the shoot, he had to eat a plate full of green chillies for a scene, albeit with a twist. He called eating pepper his ode to Dhadak. He said, "I ate chilies in the food-eating competition in the film. I ate the actual chilies. I was given jaggery and ghee with chilies." He added, "My team tried to neutralise the spice so that we could go through six hours of shooting an eating scene and not die."According to experts, capsaicin found in chili is oil-soluble and ghee is a rich, clarified butter that works well with spicy foods because its fat binds to capsaicin. This lessens the spiciness of chilli and makes the heat much more tolerable by forming a calming coating in your mouth and throat. And jaggery offers immediate relief. When ghee and jaggery are combined, the sweetness of jaggery soothes your taste buds and the fat in ghee melts the heat from the chilli.It is a traditional Indian food rich in healthy fats, vitamins, and antioxidants that support overall health. Ghee is said to improve digestion and provide energy. It also aids in absorbing important fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K. According to Ayurveda, ghee is also good for the brain, immunity, and skin as well.It is a natural sweetener traditionally made from sugarcane or palm sap. It contains iron, calcium, potassium, and other minerals that help support the body. According to Ayurveda, jaggery helps boost digestion and energy levels and cleanses the body by removing toxins.