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Goa

Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India. It is situated within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population. Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is its largest city.

Featured Dishes from Goa

Appam

Appam

Pancakes made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk, serve with curry, chutney

Besan chilla

Besan chilla

Savory bread or pancake using chickpea flour, herbs, vegetables, chili peppers, curd, spices

Crepe

Crepe

Thin pancake, topped or filled with a variety of fillings, sweet or savory

Croissant

Croissant

Flaky, buttery pastry, made with raisins, almonds, chocolate, cream, serve with coffee

Mangalore buns

Mangalore buns

Sweet fried bread made with mashed bananas, flour and sugar

Masala dosa

Masala dosa

A dosa filled with aloo masala, a spiced mashed potato mixture

Medu vada

Medu vada

Urad dal fritter shaped like a doughnut, when served in sambar they are called sambar vada

Misal pav

Misal pav

Spicy sprouted moth bean curry served with bread rolls

Neer dosa

Neer dosa

Rice flour crepe, serve with curries, chutney, saagu, sambar

Patoli

Patoli

Flattened rice dumplings, made with rice flour paste, jaggery and coconut that is steamed inside turmeric leaves, Note: this is different from Andhra patoli, which is ground chana dal with chili peppers and spices

Poha

Poha

Flattened rice, used in many dishes

Puri bhaji

Puri bhaji

Deep-fried flatbread served with potato curry

Ros omelette

Ros omelette

Egg and herb omelette topped with spicy curry or gravy made with chicken, mutton, chickpeas, serve with bread

Sabudana khichdi

Sabudana khichdi

Sago pearls with dal, potatoes, mustard, chili peppers, peanuts, spices

Sheer khurma

Sheer khurma

Vermicelli noodle pudding with dates

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Surnali

Spongy coconut-rice pancakes, made with poha, coconut, buttermilk, turmeric, jaggery, serve with butter

Thalipeeth

Thalipeeth

Savory multigrain flatbread, serve with butter, curd, pickles, curry, bhaaji

Vada

Vada

Lentil fritters

Aamras

Aamras

Pureed mango, eaten as is or blended with jaggery, cardamom, saffron, ginger, water or milk

Alle belle

Alle belle

Crepes filled with a coconut and jaggery mixture, serve with tea

Anarsa

Anarsa

Rice flour and jaggery fritters

Arroz doce

Arroz doce

Baath

Baath

Semolina and coconut cake

Babka

Babka

Sweet yeast cake or bread, made with chocolate, cinnamon, spiced, fruit, orange peel, raisin

Basundi

Basundi

Sweet thickened milk with nuts, fruit, cardamom, saffron

Bebinca

Bebinca

Seven-layer pudding dessert, serve with ice cream

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Bolinhos de coco

Small coconut confection

Chikki

Chikki

Brittle, for example, peanut chikka, til chikka

Chiroti

Chiroti

Deep-fried layered pastry roll

Cocada

Cocada

Coconut confections, many different variations and flavors such as branca, preta, morena, com leite condensado

Coconut ice

Coconut ice

Pink-colored coconut confection

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Dhondas

Cucumber and coconut cake, also made with watermelon, jackfruit

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Doce

Broken wheat and coconut pudding

Dodol

Dodol

Fudge-like confection made with glutinous rice flour, sugar, coconut milk

Falooda

Falooda

Cold dessert made with rose syrup, milk, vermicelli, basil and jelly, sometimes ice cream

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Filoz

Sweet banana and jaggery pancakes

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

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Godshem

Pudding or sweetmeats made with rice, dal, fruit, gourd, milk, coconut, nuts, ghee, jaggery, sugar

Kulfi

Kulfi

Traditional Indian ice cream

Kulkuls

Sweet fried dough shaped like shells or curls

Marzipan

Marzipan

Sweetened almond flour, commonly made into sweets shaped like fruit, vegetables, people

Modak

Modak

Sweet dumpling, may be steamed, fried, commonly filled with coconut and jaggery

Nankhatai

Nankhatai

Shortbread cookies

Panna cotta

Panna cotta

Thickened, sweetened cream, may be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, berries, mango, coconut, sea buckthorn

Patoli

Patoli

Flattened rice dumplings, made with rice flour paste, jaggery and coconut that is steamed inside turmeric leaves, Note: this is different from Andhra patoli, which is ground chana dal with chili peppers and spices

Perad

Perad

Guava confection

Plum cake

Plum cake

Christmas fruit cake

Puran poli

Puran poli

Flatbread stuffed with a sweet lentil filling

Sajjige

Sajjige

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Sakhar bhat

Sweet rice with saffron, spices, dried fruit, nuts, ghee and sugar

Serradura

Crushed Marie tea biscuits and whipped cream

Shevaya

Shevaya

Noodles with sweetened coconut milk, almonds, pistachios, raisins, cashews, cardamom, saffron, charoli, nutmeg

Shrikhand

Shrikhand

Strained sweet yogurt

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Feni

Alcohol made from cashew or toddy palm

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Kokum sherbet

Kokum sherbet

Port wine

Port wine

Sharbat

Sharbat

Sweet drink flavored with fruit, flower, coconut

Sol kadhi

Sol kadhi

Coconut milk, cilantro, garlic and kokum/kokam drink

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Aad maas

Pork bone curry, an old, traditional Goan dish, also made with beef

Aloo gobi

Aloo gobi

Potatoes, cauliflower and spices

Aloo mutter

Aloo mutter

Potatoes and peas in a tomato curry

Ambot tik

Ambot tik

Sour and spicy fish or seafood curry, for example, shark, fish, catfish, prawns, serve with rice

Amti

Amti

Sour or tangy curry made with pulses, commonly made with tamarind, kokum, lemon juice, serve with rice

Appam

Appam

Pancakes made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk, serve with curry, chutney

Assado

Assado

Roasted chicken, fish, pork, sausage, seafood, goat

Avial

Avial

Mixed vegetable curry with coconut and curd

Baingan bharta

Baingan bharta

Curry dish using grilled eggplant, similar to baba ghanoush

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Bangda urad methi

Goan mackerel curry

Bhindi masala

Bhindi masala

Spicy okra curry

Bombay duck

Bombay duck

Lizard fish, dried, curried, fried, pickled, fritters, stuffed

Butter chicken

Butter chicken

Chicken marinated in yogurt and spices

Cafreal

Cafreal

Chicken in a green sauce or curry with lime, chili peppers, garlic, ginger, also made with beef, vegetables, mushrooms, originated in Africa

Caldin

Mild coconut curry made with fish, shrimp, chicken, vegetables, mushrooms

Caldo verde

Caldo verde

Soup with potatoes, collard greens or kale, sausage

Caril de camarão

Caril de camarão

Caril de galinha

Caril de galinha

Chicken coconut curry

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Chawli bhaji

Cowpea or amaranth greens with spices, curry leaves, also refers to green beans with chickpeas, coconut and spices

Chicken curry

Chicken curry

Chicken karahi

Spicy chicken dish cooked in a wok

Chicken rice

Chicken rice

Chicken sukka

Chicken sukka

Dry chicken curry with tamarind, coconut, chili peppers, spices

Chicken tikka

Chicken tikka

Marinated chicken that is grilled using skewers

Chicken tikka masala

Chicken tikka masala

Chicken pieces are marinated in yogurt and spices, skewered and grilled, pan-fried or oven cooked, then served in a tomato-based sauce, serve with flatbread

Chicken wings

Chicken wings

Deep-fried, grilled, spicy, barbecued, smoked

Chilli chicken

Chilli chicken

Chicken and vegetables in a spicy, sweet and sour sauce

Chitranna

Chitranna

Rice with lemon juice, turmeric, curry leaves, chili peppers, onion, peanuts, coconut, mango, gooseberries, cilantro, serve with raita

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Chorizo pulao

Mixed rice with chorizo sausage

Clam

Clam

Coconut curry

Coconut curry

Curry with coconut and meat, chicken, fish, seafood, goat, vegetables, plantains

Crab

Crab

Crab curry

Crab curry

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Crab xec xec

Crab in a spicy curry with coriander, coconut, ginger, garlic, also made with prawns, clams, serve with rice or pao/pav bread

Curd rice

Curd rice

Curry rice

Curry rice

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Dalithoy

Pigeon pea or split yellow lentil soup with green and red chili peppers, curry leaves, asafoetida

Egg bhurji

Egg bhurji

Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, chili peppers, spices, serve with flatbread

Egg masala

Egg masala

Spicy curry with boiled eggs

Feijoada

Feijoada

Portuguese stew with beans, beef, pork, sausage, often served at Goan weddings

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