Reportedly the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority (APTA) achieved a unique distinction on Monday by making to the India Book of Records for making a 15 feet long bamboo chicken, the longest in India till date. Bamboo Chicken or bongu chicken is a popular culinary dish of the native tribals in Araku of Eastern Ghats. Meanwhile aiming at spreading the deliciousness and uniqueness of bamboo chicken across the globe, APTA hosted the event at Haritha Berm Park hotel on the banks of river Krishna in Vijayawada.
Furthermore a Rupeshwar Rao, Chief Chef at Visakhapatnam Fairfield Marriott and his team consisting of at least six members, executed the feat in front of representatives of India Book of Records and the media, by explaining the procedure and ingredients used in the dish. Meanwhile it took nearly two hours to make the bamboo chicken, while it took half an hour to marinate the ingredients and one and a half hours to cook the dish.
Further following the making of 'a never before'/giant bamboo chicken, Shantanu Chauhan, Adjudicator with the India Book of Records who witnessed it, has awarded the record to AP Tourism Authority for making and displaying the longest bamboo chicken of 15 feet. Moreover it may be recalled that in September 2018, the 10 metre long ‘pootharekulu' a local sweet known as 'Athreyapuram Pootharekulu’ entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the longest sweet in the world.
