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Chettinad cuisine reflects the lifestyle of the Nattukottai Chettiars, who come from one of the driest regions of south India and belong to the most peripatetic of trading communities; merchant bankers who roamed through the countries of South East Asia, living frugally but making enormous fortunes. Their cuisine, on the one hand, is the main branch of south Indian cuisine that specialises in the preparation of non vegetarian food, hot and pungent with fresh ground masalas, and topped with a b (...)