Goa Cuisine - The Spice Of Life

Goa, the city of dance, culture, and history provides its tourists with the experience of a lifetime. Along with its scenic and beautiful spots, the cuisine of Goa adds spice and life to your visit. The cuisine of Goa reflects the Portuguese as well as Hindu and Muslim culture that prevailed in the city. 

Some of the famous Goa cuisines include:

Sea Food- Seafood is the specialty of Goa as it is on the coastal region. Some of the famous curries, fries, soups, and salads are made up different variety of seafood which include Kingfish, tuna, lobster, mussels, crabs, prawns, tiger prawns, shark fins, pomfret, etc. Dried and salted fish dishes are also an important aspect of Goan seafood.  

Hindu Cuisine- Comparatively, the Hindu food we find in Goa is less spicy with minimal or no use of onions and garlic. Some of the famous Hindu cuisines include fish curry, kismur, fried fish, fish cutlets, kalputi, tondak, fish udid methi, and solachi kadi. 

Catholic Cuisine- The Catholic cuisine of Goa mainly consists of non-vegetarian food. Some of the famous dishes of this cuisine include vindaloo, Goan prawn curry, ambot tik, arroz doce, canja de galinha, and chamucas.

Famous Sweets of Goan Cuisine- Any type of Indian food is incomplete without sweets. Goan cuisine also offers some of the delicious sweet dishes like cashewnut laddus, khaje, nevryo, sakhar bhat, payada, bebinka, and revdyo. 

The various cuisines found in Goa are mainly influenced from Hinduism and Christianity. The unique cooking style of Goan cuisine makes it unique and different from all other cuisines of the country.