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Goa, an experience – XII (Food)

30 September 2008 11 Comments

Visitors to Goa tend to think that food and drink in Goa means the famous fish, curry, rice and the feni package I have already written about and I was no different. Not wrong completely as for most Goans these are indeed the three basic food items – fish, curry and rice.
But like the land itself, Goan cuisine boasts of different flavours and tastes such as Konkani, Portuguese and the Bahamani Nawabi traditions of its culinary delicacies. The sea foods are used abundantly in preparing different types of fish, prawns, mussels, oysters, crabs and many more.

Food at Spice Farms served in eco-friendly plates

The basic components of Goan cooking are local products. Every part of coconut (Coconut oil, milk and grated coconut) is used. Toddy, the sap from the coconut palm, is also used to make vinegar and to act as a yeast substitute. The palm jaggery is widely used in preparing Goan sweetmeats like Bebinca and Dodol. I tell you they are just too yummy.

Oh, I am not here to talk about food but to show you some pictures !! :P   Slurrrpp !

For drinks one can get everything… from branded to local ones. I tried a few mysterious drinks. ;)

The food that you get in shacks on the beaches are fairly cheap.

Note:- These photos were not meant for blogging, they just got clicked. :)

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11 Comments »

  • aNoop aka --xh-- said:

    :( i want to go to GOA now…. slurp slurp… the food looks yummy…. and i am hungry….

    # 30 September 2008 at 12:48 PM
  • Cuckoo (author) said:

    Anoop,
    Lol… who told you to read this post during lunch hours ? :P

    # 30 September 2008 at 1:38 PM
  • Anil said:

    Where’s the Kingfisher in that picture with the drinks??

    # 30 September 2008 at 6:26 PM
  • Nomadic Matt said:

    That food looks great even if it is too spicy for me!!!!

    # 30 September 2008 at 7:28 PM
  • Cuckoo (author) said:

    Anil,
    I had already consumed that ! Didn’t want to show an empty bottle. :P

    Matt,
    Not too spicy. In Goa you will get food according to your tastes. The place is full of foreigners. :)

    # 30 September 2008 at 10:49 PM
  • lakshmi said:

    So what were the mysterious drinks ?

    # 30 September 2008 at 11:29 PM
  • Abhijit said:

    Kya khoob tasweeren…maza ayya! which is that curry in a small bowl…second last pic? slurrrrrrrrrrrp…mouth watering!!!!

    # 2 October 2008 at 10:03 AM
  • Kiran said:

    The food in pictures looks yummy

    # 2 October 2008 at 11:02 AM
  • Vands said:

    hehee i read bebinca and dodo instead of dodol LOL
    but all of it sure looks yummy, i swear next time i go im gonna pakka take a print of ur goa series in advance… :)

    # 3 October 2008 at 6:03 PM
  • Trotter said:

    Hi Cuckoo! Here I am on my weekly visit! And this week we have a Goan banquet! Have to show it to Sebastiao, my Goan friend who owns a Goan restaurant here in Lisbon. His Bebinca is unbeatable!!
    Have a great weekend!
    Meanwhile, Blogtrotter waits for you Deep in Crete!

    # 4 October 2008 at 2:57 PM
  • Shantanu said:

    I love Dodol. I actually get one of those Costaz packs every time my friends visit Goa. Nice pics…

    # 4 October 2008 at 10:17 PM

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