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The Goa people leave their identity
in everything right from their dance, music, culture and also in food
and drink.
Any Goan writer turns to be nostalgic
when the writer ends up thinking about the taste of sorpotel and the
bebinca texture with a glass of feni prepared by his grandmother.
The main components of Goa food are
local products. The food in Goa claims that coconut is used for one
thing or the other.
Without coconut you cannot find any
dish. Almost all the dishes have coconut oil, coconut flesh, coconut
milk and the flavor of this is essential for them.
Even toddy is prepared form the sap of
the coconut palm. Vinegar is also prepared from them.
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Jaggery is also a product of palm that is
used in Goan sweetmeats. The Goa food is complete only if it has
coconut in one form or the other.The Goa food normally has liberal
amount of spices and the dishes have a strange taste and unique aroma.
The commonly used spices are coriander,
cumin, garlic, chilies and turmeric. Another ingredient used while
preparing fish curries in Kokum to enhance the flavor.The various
combinations of spices have made the food in Goa subtly different from
the other parts of the country.
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The balchao, vindaloo and the masala
flavors are quite famous. The food in Goa aims in varieties of seafood,
chicken and pork.
The goan cooking has the Portuguese
influence and dishes such as caldeirada; racheiado and cabidela bring
out the legacy of the Portuguese heritage.
The food in Goa does not cater much
for the vegetarians, but sometimes some of the preparations in
vegetables are done as variation.
The vegetable dishes are mergolho made
from pumpkin as well as papaya and bread fruit curry.
The Goa food is popular for their sea
food, rice and fish curry. The kingfisher is the prime choice besides,
shark, pomfret, tuna, doumer and mackerel.
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There is plentiful shellfish available such
as prawns, crabs, lobster and tiger prawns. The other sea foods include
mussels and squid. The famous Goa food is the ambot tik made of meat or
fish. Chouricos are pork sausages and are Portuguese tradition.
These are eaten in monsoon when fish
availability is scarce. Many types of bread are available. The food in
Goa has a variety of non vegetarian dish and people who love eating non
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