Bongulo Chicken(Bamboo Chicken) is the special attraction for the tourists coming to the papikondalu ,
the chicken was cooked in a bamboo ,its atraditional form of cooking with almost no oil and little spice, has finally become a popular dish which can be cooked in 15 minutes that too with simple bamboo and coal
Bamboo chicken stalls could be found at all these spots with their owners, mostly tribal women, setting up their shops as the tourist rush picks up. Though the morning passengers reaching papikondalu takes tourists through some of the most-stunning scenic valleys, many prefer to travel by car so that they can stop at these exclusive spots where bamboo chicken is sold.
hat the 100-odd bamboo chicken makers on the ghat road do is simply magic. They stuff the marinated chicken into the 2 inch wide bamboo shoot cut into one and a half feet lengths and then close it from both sides with lotus leaves. The bamboo is then placed on fire to cook. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete the cooking. The chicken is then dumped onto a leaf plate served with a dash of lemon. One can also carry it with them as the tribal women can pack the whole piping hot bamboo.
