Chicken Chettinad: South Indian Spice Intensity
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Chicken Chettinad — the fiercely spiced chicken preparation of the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu — uses a specific spice combination (including kalpasi — stone flower lichen, and marathi mokku — dried flower pods) that produces a flavour profile found nowhere else in Indian cooking. The Chettinad tradition is considered among the most complex and uncompromising in South India — it uses spices that other Indian regional traditions do not, and it uses them in larger quantities.
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