Goan Catholic cuisine

Goan Catholic cusine refers to the cuisine of the Goan Catholic community of Goa.

Cusine

Goan Catholic cuisine is a blend of different influences they had to endure during the centuries. Due to the Portuguese rule in this place, the culture has picked up on the Portugal cultural heritage. Their staple products are the rice, fish and coconut. The most popular alcoholic beverage in Goa is feni ; Cashew feni is made from the fermentation of the fruit of the cashew tree, while coconut feni is made from the sap of toddy palms. [cite web
url=http://www.goavacationguide.com/feni.html|title=Feni: The drink from Goa
accessdate=2008-09-11] The liquor produced from cashew is of three grades: Urrac, Cazulo and Feni. The Urrac (Arrack)is the product of first distillation. It is light and can be consumed neat and is another popular alcoholic bevarage among the community.

Non-Vegetarian

Their curry uses a lot of coconut and curry leaves while Ginger, garlic and chilli are also used. Rice with fish curry ("Xit kodi" in Konkani) is the staple diet of the Goan Catholics. Goan Catholic cuisine has distinct Portuguese influence as can be seen in the Chorizo, Vindaloo and the Pork Sorpotel. Goan Catholics mix pork blood and other parts in most of their pork delicacies as can be seen from Sorpotel. Canja de galinha, a type of chicken broth with rice and chicken is a popular dish. The traditional Soluntule kodi, a fish curry made with coconut juice is quite popular. Their fish curries Goan Prawn curry and Goan fish curry are known for its taste in the whole of coastal India while fried fish like Bombil Fry (Bombay Duck Fry) and Pamplet fry (Pompret fry) dishin their style is well known. Ambotik (a sour curry dish) and the Girem-Mirem (a spicy curry, which uses jeera and other spices) are prepared with either fish or meat. Chamuças is a Goan derivative of samosa, which is usually filled with beef or pork is well known. Egg Vindaloo an egg dish is also popular. [cite web
url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samosa#Variants
title=Chamuças: Goa's decretive of samosa
accessdate=2008-09-11] harvnb|Sen|2004|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=YIyV_5wrplMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA105,M1 105] |Ref=Sen]

Vegetarian

An exotic Goan vegetable stew, known as Khatkhate, is a very popular dish and it contains at least five vegetables, fresh coconut, and special Goan spices that add to the aroma. The traditional Moll (Fish pickle)and Balchao (prawn picle) are popular. Tondak (Beans combined with cashewnuts) is also popular. The Pez is a popular delicacy made of soaked rice, water and salt. The Filoz a type of pancake made using jaggery is also quite popular. [cite web|url=http://www.goaholidayhomes.com/recipes/152-filoz/|title=How to prepare Filoz|accessdate=2008-09-11] The Sanna (a variant of Idli) and Podecho (a variant of Dosa) are popular delicacies. Pattoe, a dish of colocasia leaves stuffed with rice, dal, jaggery, coconut, and spices is also popular. [cite web
url=http://www.goacom.com/cuisine.php?file=cuisine_home&smid=12
title=Cuisine of Goa
accessdate=2008-09-11]

weet delicacies

The "Kuswad" refers to the various sweets delicaces prepared for Christmas by the community like "Kulkuls", "Perad" and "Neoryos". A rich egg-based multi-layered sweet dish known as bebinca is a favourite at Christmas and is part of the "Kuswad". [cite web|url= http://gogoa.net/kalkals.htm|title=The Recipe of Kulkuls|accessdate=2008-09-11] The Kulkuls , thil laddus, Golios, and Neuries are delicacies prepared during Christmas. "Doce", "Pinarg" and "Dodol", Cashewnut laddus, Khaje, Revdyo, Peda, Puran Poli and Sakhar Bhat. Different varieties of sweets made of rice, lentils like Payasa, Pattoe, Mangane, Kheer, Tizan, Godshem etc . The "Gulumba" a sweet and sour jam is quite popular. [cite web|url=http://www.goaholidayhomes.com/recipes/186/gulumba/|title=How to prepare Gulumba|accessdate=2008-09-11] Halwas like the "Dali kapa "( Halwa made of red gram ), Cashewnut Halwa, Coconut Halwa, Pumpkin Halwa etc. are popular among Goan Catholics.

Notes

ee Also

*Goan Catholics
*Goa

References

*cite book
last=Sen
first=Colleen Taylor
publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YIyV_5wrplMC&printsec=frontcover
title=Food Culture in India
year=2004
isbn=0313324875
accessdate=2008-08-29
ref=Sen

External links

* [http://www.goacom.com/news/news98/dec/msg00069.html A feature on Goan cuisine]