In the good old days when we had our piggy toilets, pigs were slaughtered and butchered at home itself. This was usually done for feasts and occasions, virtually nothing was wasted, the meaty parts went into the pork vindaloo, sarapatel included the liver, heart and even ears, not to forget the intestines used to store […]
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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, […]

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 […]

The Fiery Goan Pork Vindaloo
Pork Vindaloo is synonymous with Goan food, but how does it get its name? After doing some research its interesting to know, that vin is for the vinegar and the ahlo means garlic in Portuguese. Some people say that it was Vindahlo, but since we know Aloo, as potatoes in India the dish was called […]

Sorpotel a Goan Delicacy
The word Sorpotel is derived from the konkani word Soro which means Alcohol/Liquor. Sorpotel is a Goan Delicacy that is not only known in the Goan community but to everyone who has visited Goa. I personally prefer eating Sorpotel for breakfast along with my bread and fried eggs. When I was much younger I remember […]