Bamboo Chicken బొంగులో చికెన్
Marinated chicken packed into a fresh bamboo tube, sealed with leaves and roasted over a wood fire until the bamboo's sap steams the meat — a tribal cooking method from the Eastern Ghats that became the star of every Araku and Maredumilli trip.
Where to try it
Stalls at Borra Caves and Katiki falls, Maredumilli junction, and roadside kitchens on the Araku ghat road.
What's in it
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