Portuguese-Goan cuisine holds a unique place in India’s culinary landscape, blending European influences with coastal Indian ingredients to create bold, flavourful, and deeply comforting food.

There’s a tangible Portuguese influence, and it showcases the Goan penchant for seasonal eating. I leave Loutolim with some moist bebinca and respect for my fellow Goan food-lovers. A little ...

In her book Cozinha de Goa: History and Tradition of Goan Food, Fátima da Silva Gracias explains that Portuguese missionaries taught European techniques to one of the communities in coastal ...

Goa is a heaven for seafood lovers as the Goan cuisine comprises of a huge variety of sea food. Goa used to be a Portuguese colony and hence the cuisine is inspired by Portuguese flavours.

It is partly true that without alcohol, meats and seafood one will miss a large part of the Goan food culture. But Portuguese-Catholic food is not the only Goan cuisine. The Hindu food of the ...

her team at Bruijn documented a three-generational story of the women in this Portuguese-Goan family to keep their tradition and heritage alive through food. They recorded her friend Pia Desai ...

along with Portuguese immigrants and merchants. Just like its savoury food, even desserts are an intrinsic part of Goan culture and households. One of its most unique desserts, that caught my ...

“Goa is in the south of India, and it was colonised by the Portuguese,” Pereira says, which is why Goan food is so different to the rest of Indian cuisine. Vindaloo curry, for ...