I've decided to do a pheasant leg in what Madhur Jaffrey calls a Chettinad recipe.

She seems to be saying that there is a distinct Chettinad cookery. Is that right?

The Chettiars are a caste, not an ethnic grouping, right?

I don't understand why the Tamils are described on Wikipedia as an ethnic grouping. Surely the only real ethnic distinction is between the Indo-European peoples of the North and the Dravidian peoples of the South (laying aside Sri Lanka).

But I've probably got it all wrong...

Phil

look on wikipedia!

I did, but I'm not sure I entirely trust Wikipedia; I've checked out things I know about there, and found errors.

Many thanks for that: really interesting.