For all the people who requested Neureos, you can consider this to be our Christmas gift to you. As promised right in time for Christmas, wish we could put this up earlier but as they say better late then never 🙂 Before we indulge our selves, a quick fact, as usual, people who know your […]
Prawn Balchao: The Goan Prawn Pickle
This is a special recipe, Prawn Balchao is something I adore. My wife, 10 month old baby and I are back from a road trip, we drove from Mumbai to Nepal and back. Prior to leaving my mother was over and we cooked this Prawn Balchao. So when we got back there was this full […]
Samarachi Kodi
Mum visited us a couple of weeks ago, cooked us up some Samarachi Kodi. For those who lived in Goa would know the significance of this meal, in the good old days Goa was shut during the monsoons, houses were stacked prior to the monsoons with dry prawns, dry fish, sausages to last till the […]
Doce Bhaji
Doce Bhaji or Doce Baji the lapsi from Goa, what every family should cook up for nursing mothers to nourish them and also put a smile on their face. Apart from that, Doce Baji makes a very delicious tea time sweet. Delicious enough for the entire family to forget who it was originally cooked for. […]
Feijoada : Red Beans with Pork
Feijoada is famous enough to have a wiki entry that states, Feijoada is a stew of beans with beef and pork, which is a typical Portuguese dish, also typical in Brazil, Angola and other former Portuguese colonies. So yet again we have a Goan delicacy that has been handed down to us from the Portuguese, […]
Mutton Xacuti
Its been so long since we had the Chicken Xacuti recipe up, but recently I wanted to make Mutton Xacuti. Since I don’t live with my Mum, I called her and asked her if it was the same procedure as the Chicken Xacuti . Although it was, there are a few additional things that need […]
Salted Pork
Salted pork is a simple dish to cook up, it hardly takes any time after you finish with the marination part, yet its a tasty dish to snack on. Its also is the way you cook the pork for Fejuada, that will be the next recipe up on the blog. If you joined us on […]
Patoleo : the August 15th Goan Sweet
Patolleo or Patoleo, pronounced at pathayo, is a Goan sweet prepared for the feast of the Assumption of Mary. The time when the first corn is offered for a good harvesting season. Lets learn how to make the Patoleo! Patolleo Ingredients: 1/4 kg Goa red rice, or boiled rice (big fat unpolished rice) 1/2 a […]
Crab Xacuti
While we were in Goa, if you recollect the market visit where we clicked a picture of those delicious goan sausages, we also came across some lively crabs, pun intended. They were still well moving about, anyway we managed to get 8 crabs for Rs100, that was a pretty good deal. Would never get a […]
Goa Sausages!
We have been getting comments about the lack of new recipes, we were on vacation drinking feni and eating shenanaós in Goa. Until the next recipe feast your eyes on these lovely Goan Sausages :)These picture was taken at Santa Cruz Market near Bamboli. On the trip we managed to get fresh shenanaós from the […]
