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Goa is one of
India’s most visited tourist attractions. It has tourists visiting it
all over the year.
There is no
particular season to visit Goa. Goa is famous primarily for its beaches.
It is also
famous for its temple and also its exceptional cuisine. The Goan
cuisine exhibits phenomenal cuisine that is the result of the merging
of the Portuguese culture to the existing native culture.
The cuisine
of Goa is synonymous with fish, curry, feni and rice.
This is
because the basic food of the Goans is rice, fish and curry. Apart from
these, the Goan cuisine is laden with other mouth watering dishes.
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Cuisine
blend
Goan cuisine is
nothing less than a treasure chest filled with to the brim with tastes
and flavors that characterizes its culinary perfection. The long
imperialism of the Portuguese and also the Hindu and Muslim kingdoms
has left behind their marks on the ever vibrant cuisine of Goa. This
has resulted in the formation of the large range of food items that is
present in Goa. Most of the dishes of Goa include the sea food such as
fish, oysters as they are easily available. The other foods are also
moderately available in Goa. This combination bestows a heavenly meal
even for an average person residing in Goa.
Distinctness
of food
Tourists and even
regular visitors adore Goan cuisine and enjoy this distinct food style
that has a distinctive lend of spicy flavors. Goans value food with
equal importance like his regular siesta. Seafood has a place in the
regular meal. They take fried fish to alien blends such as ambot-tik.
Sea food is not taken only on very special religious observance, which
is almost very rare. The Goans cook their regular food also with great
pleasure. Though, the urban areas have switched over to contemporary
conveniences, yet the rural areas exhibit traditional style of cooking
on firewood and clay pots. This enhances the flavor of the food besides
the value.
Variety
of food
Goa offers an
extensive range of food such as sausages, prawns, chicken, beef and
plentiful vegetarian dishes. Goa cuisine gratifies even the most
fastidious gourmet appetites. They have some splendid delicacies such
as Sorpotel and Prawn balchao that are today prominent all around the
universe. Seafood such as lobsters, prawns, pomfrets, crabs, ladyfish,
clams, oysters and mussels are widely used in as curries, soups, fries
and pickles.
Here, in Goa you
cannot find any significant influence of Portuguese. However, all the
Christian food is an influence of not only Portuguese but also has an
impact of overseas colonies. Goan food specialty is its simplicity and
mostly all the types of food are hot, pungent and spicy. All their food
items are made of rice, coconut and fish. Their method of cooking
produces exotic flavor and a healthy appetite.
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