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| region = [[Eastern Nepal]], [[Sikkim]], [[Darjeeling]]
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'''Wachipa''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]] वाचिपा)is a typical [[Rai people|Kirat Rai]] People dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called [[Damlapa]], which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Subba |first1=Tanka Bahadur | last2=Sinha |first2=A. C. |date=2009 |title=Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives|pages=304|isbn=978-8180694462}}</ref> It is called ''Wamik'' in [[Lohorung language|Lohorung]].
'''Wachipa''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]] वाचिपा)is a typical [[Rai people|Kirat Rai]] People dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called [[Damlapa]], which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Subba |first1=Tanka Bahadur | last2=Sinha |first2=A. C. |date=2009 |title=Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives|pages=304|isbn=978-8180694462}}</ref> It is called ''Wamik'' in [[Lohorung language|Lohorung]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 13:36, 29 April 2022

Wachipa
A typical serving of wachipa.
CourseMeal
Place of originNepal
Region or stateEastern Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling
Created byRai people
Main ingredientsrice, chicken, burnt feathers, Damlapa flower

Wachipa (Nepali वाचिपा)is a typical Kirat Rai People dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called Damlapa, which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.[1] It is called Wamik in Lohorung.

See also

References

  1. ^ Subba, Tanka Bahadur; Sinha, A. C. (2009). Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives. p. 304. ISBN 978-8180694462.