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Goan Catholic Cuisine
Goan Catholic Cuisine is the cuisine of the Goan Catholic community and is largely influenced by the Saraswat, Konkani, Portuguese, South Indian, and British cuisines. Due to over 450 years of Portuguese rule, the cuisine of Goan Catholics is dominated by ingredients and techniques of Portuguese cuisine like deep-frying, oven-baking, pork, vinegar, egg-based desserts, alcohol, etc. Non-vegetarian Goan Catholic cuisine has distinct Portuguese influence as can be seen in the ''Assado de Porco'', a famous pork roast crackling dish served as the centrepiece at wedding dinners, the ''Sarapatel'' and '' Cabidela'' (a dish where fresh pig's blood is stirred into the pork delicacy). The curries use a lot of spices and vinegar. ''Xit Kodi'' (Xit – parboiled or red rice; Kodi – fish curry) forms the staple food of the community. Other popular Portuguese influenced delicacies are ''Chouriço'' (pork sausage), ''Vindalho'', ''Peixe Recheado'', and ''Xacuti''. The '' Chamuà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goan Xit Kodi
Goans ( kok, गोंयकार, Romi Konkani: , pt, Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, and Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries. They speak different dialects of Konkani language natively, collectively known as Goan Konkani. "''Goanese"'' is an incorrect term for Goans. Language Goans are multilingual, but mainly speak the Konkani language, a Prakrit based language belonging to the Southern group of Indo-Aryan Languages. Various dialects of Konkani spoken by the Goans which include ''Bardezkari'', ''Saxtti'', ''Pednekari and'' ''Antruz''. The Konkani spoken by the Catholics is notably different from those of the Hindus, since it has a lot of Portuguese influence in its vocabulary. Konkani was suppressed for official documentation use only not for unofficial use under the Portuguese governance, playing a minor pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
