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Muslim and Portuguese influence. Being surrounded by sea, the cuisine is predominantly
seafood based and is high on spices and coconut. Meat, pork and seafood form the staple daily
diet. Rural Goa continues to use traditional way of cooking food in clay pots on firewood
leading to the smoky flavour. Traditional Goan cuisine preparation involves a lot of time and
effort. Nonetheless, Goan cuisine, a treasure trove of culinary delicacies, includes distinct
vegetarian and non-vegetarian items that are famous, in both, urban as well as rural landscape
of the place.
Lets look at some of some of the most sumptuous dishes from Goa.
Non Veg Delicacies
Chicken Cafreal
Chicken Cafreal is a very popular dry chicken masala dish, which can be either fried or grilled
for the more health conscious foodies.
Vindaloo
Vindaloo is a fiery hot and spicy dish with heavy use of vinegar. The vindaloo in its variations
could be made with pork, chicken, lamb, prawns, or vegetables such as mushrooms. Pork
vindaloo is the most popular one and its origin can be traced to the Portuguese. The authentic
taste of vindaloo comes from a unique blend of the fat tissue in the pork along with the use of
garlic, vinegar, and Kashmiri chili.
Karathiacho Kuval is bitter gourd and curd based chutney, which has a fine blend of dry roast
mustard seeds, green chillies, salt and jaggery. Prepared on auspicious occasions, this is one of
the most popular vegetarian dishes in Goan cuisine.
Sushelle is a raw jackfruit based dry chutney. Mustard seeds along with coconut, jaggery,
tamarind juice and chillies are mixed together to make a unique tangy mixture.
Mushroom Tondak is a gravy based dish wherein mushroom is cooked in spicy gravy. Served
with rice, Mushroom Tondak is popular across the region.
Desserts