Fish Curry is the staple diet in Goa, we love our Xitt Codi (the traditional goan fish curry) and today we have a different variant, the Bangda Curry. Main Ingredients: 5 Medium Sized Bangdas (Mackerels) 1 Half Cut Onion 1 Half Tomato Half Inch Piece Ginger 2 Pieces of Kokam 1 Green Chilly Masala Ingredients: […]
Andron’s the True Goan Experience
Its been a couple of months since we have moved to Goa and it has been a gastronomical adventure. So we have decided to start a new section on this site where we showcase some of our favorite restaurants 🙂 Prawn Rechado Fry Close to home is a hermitage for people in search of a […]
Sweet & Sour Prawns
Today we have a dish thats one of the Chef’s favorites and personally one of mine as well. This is the sweet and sour prawns. Although you can also replace the prawns with pork or chicken. We always make it with prawns and I generally end up some of the batter fried prawns in the […]
KulKuls ~ Crunchy and Golden Brown
Kulkuls forms an integral part of the sweets distributed to family and friends during Christmas. Some say that its a form of Filhoses Enrolodas, the Portugese Christmas sweet, although if any of you know more about the history of Kulkuls, do feel free to share. But for now, we have our Kulkul recipe, with a […]
Recheado Masala
So finally we have the Raechad Masala recipe, with two versions, one is our own and the other shared by Roselyn who states this is the Salcete version of Raechad. Now ours turns out to be a bright red colour while the latter a orangy colour. Let us know which one appeals more to your […]
Sorak
Sorak is the simple curry known to be made during the monsoon season in Goa, the reasons were discussed in our earlier post on Samarachi Kodi. Sorak Masala Ingredients: 6 Kasmiri Chillies knock of the seeds if necessary 1/2 a Ground Coconut 3 Garlic Flakes ½ Teaspoon Cumin seeds 2 Teaspoons Coriander seeds 4 – […]
Goan Egg Drop Curry
This egg curry is yet another simple goan recipe and every egg lovers delight. If you like eggs as much as I do, your going to love this one. Ready in a jiffy and isn’t too heavy on the tummy. Egg Curry Masala Ingredients: 6 Red Kashmiri Chilies 2 Tea Spoons Coriander seeds 1 Tea […]
Sannas ~ The Goan Idli
Sannas complement most goan dishes, the fluffy rice cakes that go amazingly well with the pork vindaloo and sorpotel. Although the traditional Sannas have toddy as an ingredient, due to the lack of availability and for the sake of convenience we have Sannas without toddy. Goa rice is preferred to get the right texture and […]
Mixed Meat Stew
The Goan Mixed Meat Stew, is something of a delicacy and generally makes it way to the table on occasions. The recipe takes a good amount of kitchen time and is also extremely heavy on the stomach. A good siesta is recommended post the goan stew with rice 🙂 I do apologize for the camera […]
Kokad ~ Christmas Goes Coconuts!
All Goan sweets require a lot of patience to get them right, getting them right the first time is always a task, the most important thing is to know when your sweet is ready to take off the fire the Kokad, Milk Cream, ,Doss, Coconut Ice all of them need to be removed when they […]
