Goan cuisine is a mix of a lot of cultural influence. Rice;with;fish;curry;(Xit kodi;in;Konkani) is the staple diet in Goa.;Goan cuisine;is renowned for its rich variety of fish dishes cooked with elaborate recipes.Usually fish, rice and feni are the only items no Goan can ever do without any of these three items.Goan love a hot, spicy and pungent food therefore a plenty of ingredients are used to give that tantalising taste. Few Exotic dishes are:
Pork Vindaloo;Sorpotel;- Chicken Xacuti;-
Fish Curry; Chicken Cafreal and Beef Rolls.Dry Prawn Kismur, Kalputi, Crab xec xec and Fried Fish. Fish Caldinha, Sopa de Camarao (prawn soup), Fish Caldeirada and Fish Recheiado.
Mushroom Tondak, Khatkhatem, Sushelle and Karathiacho Kuval. Deserts & Sweets;- Dhonos, Christmas Cake and Dodol. Bibinca;- Goa is popular for its sweets and cakes and Bibinca is one of them. The Goan cuisine is not just fish and feni, its much more. While in Goa there are umpteen number of options to tickle your taste buds and the fantastic thing about it is that it's a unison of the Portuguese dishes and Indian spices. A meeting of Konkani, Portuguese and Bahamani Nawabi traditions produced the Goan cuisine that is simple and spicy, aromatic and pungent.
Priya Sood
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24 Jan 2018