Malagueta Pepper Seeds, Peppers of Brazil , Portugal, and Mozambiqu 50 Seeds which measures the spicy heat of chili peppers, the malagueta clocks in at anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 units. This puts it in the middle range of hot chilis, about the same as the Tabasco pepper and the Thai Bird's-eye chili. Malagueta Pepper  These peppers are similar in appearance to the Birds Eye pepper, bright red, small (around 2 inches in length) and tapered. They mature from green to red and are popular in Brazil, Portugal and Mozambique. Its name comes from an unrelated West African spice called the melegueta. In Portugal, the smaller, younger chillies are called Piri Piri. In Brazil they are used in soups and stews and the Portuguese use them in many poultry dishes. Peppers, like tomatoes, grow in well-drained fertile soil Almost all peppers have the same requirements for successful growth. Plant them in good, well-drained, fertile soil  and make sure they get lots of sunlight and a good inch of water per week. In many ways, they mimic the same requirements needed for growing great tomatoes. We plant all of our peppers with a good shovel full of compost in the planting hole, and then give them a good dose of compost tea every few weeks for the first 6 weeks of growth. We also mulch around each of our pepper plants with a good 1 to 2 thick layer of compost.