From SAVEUR Issue #139 "What special chicken curry?" my cousin Rajesh feigned ignorance over e-mail from London. "Better ask my mom." "We haven't made that in years," said Aunty Rachel, Rajesh's mother, over Skype from Kerala, India. She giggled. "My grandparents learned it from the tribe," she claimed, referring to the Muduvans, a forest-dwelling people who rely on psychoactive flora for food, medicine, and enlightenment. Months later, with bits and pieces gleaned from family members, I assembled the secret recipe for ganja kozhi peralan, a chicken curry made with marijuana.Keep reading »