Adivasi Bamboo Chicken — Restaurant in Andhra Pradesh

Bamboo Chicken is a traditional tribal cuisine of Araku Valley Tribals near Vizag, locally known as “Bongulo Chicken”. Bamboo Chicken is cooked inside a piece of green bamboo stalk without oil, making it healthy but delicious. The Bamboo chicken recipe has been passed from one generation to next and most of t he herbs used are found locally giving it a unique taste. How Bamboo Chicken is made:  Bamboo stalks are chopped in such a way that it acts like a deep cylindrical container.  Chicken pieces marinated with local herbs and spices are stuffed inside the stalk and the open end is blocked by putting a bunch of plantain like leafs. The arrangement is then placed on open flames made of wood and cooked till the whole bamboo becomes black with cracks on its surface, releasing the aroma making you impatient and urging the cook to hurry up. The Bamboo Chicken was yummy and very different from what they usually serve in modern Hyderabad restaurants. So if you want the real taste of Bamboo Chicken, try it in Araku Valley. I don’t think it is available in its true flavor anywhere else. Price 250gm chicken -rs 130 only 500gm chicken -rs 260only 1kg...

Recently we had tried the famous tribal cuisine 'Bamboo Chicken' from the Araku Valley of Andhra Pradesh, locally known as the 'Bongulo Chicken'. Its very different from the one we generally find in the restuarants in the city, as its made the authentic tribal way without oil and they use local herbs, etc and they make the chicken on wood or coal flames and not on the gas burner.

Frankly speaking if you expect too much about the taste then you will be disappointed and its not that tasty like how its hyped about in general. You can give it a try if you want to try something different while you are in the valley but personally I still liked their kebabs better than the bamboo chicken.

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Not at all worth it....tasted the bamboo chicken ....it's just some aachi masala mixed with chicken nd cooked in bamboo ...spicy nd less salt..little chicken raw smell.. no oil ... Bamboo chicken:

Taste wise 1/5 or zero😅😅😅 Quantity 1/2kg Price 300₹ for 1/2 kg

Chicken kebab: One bamboo stick has 4 medium pieces around 100-150gm(total 4 pieces).. has sour,smokey and spicy taste..

Taste 4/5 Quantity 4/5 Price 30₹ for one stick(4 medium pieces)

So my suggestion is better try chicken kebab stick grilled on fire instead of bamboo chicken..former has better taste than later...

Two stars for chicken kebab Zero stars for bamboo chicken

Edit: had stomach upset for entire family who ate here...not recommended for those who have...