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Gangtok, India

Sikkimese Wachipa

Wachipa is a family dish, going back many generations. It is made with a combination of rice, chunks of chicken, and koko, a powder made from burnt chicken feathers. It koko that lends the dish its unique bitter flavour, and signature roasted aroma.

non-vegetarian

What's in it

Ingredients as we currently understand them, with how each was verified.

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  • chicken*
  • rice*
  • water*
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