The beaches of Goa provide a wide range of activities to the
tourists. Goa food or Goan food mainly consists of sea-food and chicken. Goan
cuisine is delicious! They add coconut milk and local spices in most of their
recipes.
I know a few friends who go to Goa only
for the Goa Food. Goan cuisine is very similar to Malvani cuisine or Konkani
cuisine (coastal region in Maharashtra state). The Goa Food is influenced by
Hindu origins, 400 years of Portuguese colonialism and modern day techniques.
Hindu Brahmins in Goa are usually Vegetarians, who have their native temples in
Goa.
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Vegetarian Goa Food includes exotic dishes
like Dali-thoy, varieties of ghashi, ambaat, sukke, saaru-upkari, kolombo,
pathrado, patholi, paayasu and ubbatti. Most of these delicacies are similar to
the Konkani vegetarian cuisine.
Non Vegetarian Goa Food includes fish,
rice, shellfish and chicken. Their staple food is Rice and Fish. Kingfish
(Vison or Visvan) also called Surmai is the most common delicacy. Other fish
include pomfret, shark, tuna and mackerel. Among the shellfish are crabs,
prawns, tiger prawns, lobster, squid and mussels. The Goa Food of Chrisians is
influenced by the Portuguese.
