Friday, June 6, 2008

Goan Sweets & Desserts

Perad, Guava Jam or CheesePerad, Guava Jam or Cheese

Perad is a another well known Goan delicacy that serves two purposes, it can be eaten for breakfast on toast when it is not fully cooked or as a dessert when fully cooked. This recipe is the thick dark red Goan Perad.

Walnut DropsWalnut Drops

This recipe was thought to my mother forty years ago, when she was in her 10th grade by her teacher. She never really made these sweets until much later on in her life, now its an every year Christmas Special that sells like hotcakes.

Milk Cream for a White ChristmasMilk Cream for a White Christmas

This is another yummy, easy to do, requires a lot of stirring not too many ingredients. I have been away from home for a while, I had some of these pictures with me so I decided to put this recipe up.

Bibinca Goa's Favorite DessertBibinca Goa's Favorite Dessert

Bibinca, the multi layered Goan cake, that can be eaten at any time of the day. Put it in your chapatis and have it for breakfast, with ice cream or alone as a dessert, whichever way you like it.

Godshe the Simple Goan DessertGodshe the Simple Goan Dessert

Godshe reminds me of my good old school days when I would come back home for tea wondering what mother would have read to gobble up, Godshe was one of those finest tea time surprises she had in store.

Desiccated Coconut Cake from Egg WhitesDesiccated Coconut Cake from Egg Whites

This recipe is a quick fix for all the extra egg whites when you make a Bibinca. Yes instead of getting rid of the egg whites, collect them and use them later on to make this cake. It is quite tasty but not as excellent as a normal coconut cake.

Coconut Jaggery PancakesCoconut Jaggery Pancakes

My Mother decided to put up a Pancake recipe since Shrove Tuesday is around the corner. Shrove Tuesday is noted for pancake eating customs and is also known as Pancake Day.

Bolinhas the Teatime TreatBolinhas the Teatime Treat

Bolinhas, a teatime coconut delight that is easy and quick to make. The end result is a soft, tasty Bolinha that crumbles in your mouth.

Coconut IceCoconut Ice

Ground cashews, cooconut, ghee and rava come together to make yet another delicious goan sweet, found on the platter mainly during Christmas time.

6 comments:

luckysanjana said...

Hi Clyde im wondering if you could cajole your mom in to putting up the recipe for Bath cake the one that has coconut and fine semolina in it....................Please!!!!!!

alisha said...

i must say ur recipes r really helpful ...m a goan bt still hardly knew any names of these...please try puttyn sum more stuff..its interestyn....

Anonymous said...

This is a wonderful site nd the pictures make it even better to understand the recipes.I hv tried few recipes from here nd they turned out quite well.wl be trying a few this christmas.It would be wonderful if batica(semolina cake) recipe could be added.....Please!

Alisha said...

hey clyde... nice website ... n i really enjoyed cookin coconut cake...thanks

marz said...

I tried the milk cream....turned out good.. but little browinsh in color...Any ideas to keep it white

Clyde said...

@ Alisha

your welcome

@ Marz

if you want the milk cream white in colour you need to keep it on the slowest flame possible and stir it continously

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