GOAN CUISINE

Intoduction
Goan cuisine is the cuisine of Goa. It is influenced
by the maharashtra,south India and mostly by
portuguese cuisine.
Port city of Goa up the Mandvi river traded
everything from chinese silk to asafetida so it
was named as GOA DAURADA or GOLDEN GOA

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HISTORY
Goa is famous because of its 451 years history and
dominant culture. Mughals ruled all over India but
portuguese had a strong hold over Goa and thus
similarity in cuisine.
Culinary traditions in Goa are regionally divided
into Hindu, Muslim and Latin catholic.
Hindus mainly eat rice and fish. Konkan farmer and
fisherman are mainly Hindu by caste.
Muslims are pilaf eaters which means dish of rice
with spices and meat etc.
Latin catholic cook their food in olive oil and usually
eat beef, seafood and pork.
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CHARACTERISTICS
Goan

cuisine is very spicy and tangy in taste

as well as in flavour.
Coconut is an important ingredients as it
gives different aroma and exotic flavour.

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MAIN INGREDIENTS
Goan cuisines consists of regional foods popular
in Goa. Seafood, coconut milk, rice and paste
are main ingredients of goan delicacies. Goan
cuisine cannot be complete without fish. Apart
from cuisine goa is the home to local liqueurs
which are called FENI.
The popular red Goan chillies are also an
integral part of Goan cuisine. The Christians
prefer to add vinegar to zing up their cuisine
while the Hindus use tamarind for the same.
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SOME FAMOUS DISHES OF GOA

AMBOT - TIK
It is a sweet and sour dish
made of fish.

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PORK VINDALOO
In this dish pork is cooked
in spicy and oily gravy.

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PILAF

It is made up of basmati
rice, flavoured with whole
spices such as cinnamon,
cardamom and cloves and
cooked in either vegetable
stock or meat stock.

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BEBINCA
Bebinca is a very famous
sweet dish which is prepared
by coconut milk with some
sugar, flour and many other
delicious ingredients.

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