Cuisines of Goa
Hello everyone, I am Abhishek Rao from F.Y.B.com C and I like to share my views about "Goan Cuisines". Goa’s beaches, nightlife and adventure are the major crowd-pullers, but one more thing that attracts swarms of tourists to Goa every year is Goan cuisine. As Goa was a Portuguese colony for four centuries, and also ruled by Muslim and Hindu Kingdoms for brief periods, all of these influences are evident in the Goan cuisine. Goan Cuisine: A Perfect Blend of East and West Goan cuisine is influenced by numerous cultures that it came into contact with over the centuries: Portuguese, Arab, Brazilian, African, French, Konkan, Malabar, Malaysian and Chinese. The three main communities of Goa — Hindus, Muslims and Christians — also contributed to the cuisine. This blending of native cultures and foreign is reflected in Goan cuisine. The major foreign influence came from the Portuguese. This started in 1498, when Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama came to Goa. The Portugues...