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What to Expect While Ordering a Goan Thali

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Indian food&comma; like the country itself&comma; is known for unity in diversity&period; A great testimony to this is the Indian &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’&period; Literally meaning a plate on which food is served&comma; a &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ in India means a grand and elaborate food affair&comma; which includes a wide variety of dishes&comma; from starters and appetisers to main course and dessert&comma; all served separately in a number of small bowls&period; It is interesting how the concept of &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ is visible in different regions across the length and breadth of the country&comma; albeit every &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ looks and tastes different as it represents the local culture and flavour&period; A &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ can be both vegetarian and non-vegetarian depending on the food choices of the local community&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The coastal state of Goa attracts plenty of tourists round the year from different parts of India and abroad&period; Apart from its pristine beaches and beautiful church architecture&comma; visitors to Goa also savour the delicious Goan cuisine which includes the local Konkan and Malvani flavours&period; As the state had been under Portuguese rule for a considerable period of time before it was handed over to independent India&comma; one can also find a bit of Portuguese flavour in the Goan cuisine&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">When you’re in Goa&comma; you can stay at one of the <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">hotels in South Goa<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">&comma; enjoying the serene beauty of its coastline&period; Don’t forget to try the Goan food and especially its fish &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’&period; After all&comma; Goa is known for seafood and no &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ here is complete without some fish preparations&period; And for all those who love fish&comma; it will be like heaven on earth&period; So what all can we expect in a Goan Fish Thali&quest; Let&&num;8217&semi;s find out&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Boiled&sol;steamed rice<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">As is true of almost all other coastal states in India&comma; rice is a staple in traditional Goan lunch meals&period; A &&num;8216&semi;thali&&num;8217&semi; usually includes a healthy portion of hot and freshly cooked local fat rice in boiled or steamed form that goes best with the flavourful local fish or prawn curry&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"2">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Kismur<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Kismur is a salad of dried&comma; or sometimes pan-fried&comma; prawns mixed with turmeric&comma; chilli powder and coconut oil which is served with freshly grated coconut and raw onions&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"3">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Kodi &lpar;Curry&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The curry is an essential part of every Indian &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ and it&&num;8217&semi;s eaten with rice or bread&period; The Goan curry comes in different forms&semi; the most popular among which are the authentic Goan fish curry&comma; vindaloo curry and prawn curry&period; There is a popular vegetarian curry too&comma; locally called the &&num;8216&semi;uman&&num;8217&semi;&colon; it has a tangy taste and is served hot&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"4">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Sukhem<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Sukhem is a dry fish preparation made with local spices including sambhar powder&comma; jaggery&comma; green chillies&comma; garam masala&comma; desiccated coconut and tamarind pulp&period; It is cooked till almost all of the water evaporates&period; It is commonly prepared with small clams or oysters&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"5">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Poee<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The Poee is a soft&comma; slightly husked leavened bread prepared from wheat flour and bran to increase its nutritional value&period; The fluffiness of these butterfly-shaped breads makes them perfect to go with curries and gravies&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"6">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Rice Bhakri<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">It is a type of flatbread made of rice flour&period; It is very popular along the Konkan coast&period; It goes well with non-vegetarian curries&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"6">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Fried fish<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">The quintessentially Goan ingredient of the Goan fish &OpenCurlyQuote;thali’ is the &&num;8216&semi;rava&&num;8217&semi; fried kingfish&period; Another such preparation that is also enjoyed as snack is the Mackerel Rawa Fry&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"7">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Pickle<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">No Goan meal&comma; or any Indian &&num;8216&semi;thali&&num;8217&semi; for that matter&comma; is complete without pickle&period; The pickle is usually a preparation of mixed vegetables or lime or mango&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"7">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Sol Kaddi<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">This is a special coconut milk mixed with kokum juice and garnished with finely-chopped coriander&period; Another way of preparing it is with just the kokum juice&comma; some chopped garlic and chillies and finely chopped coriander&period; This awesome drink tastes sour-sweet and tangy and works great as a digestive&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol start&equals;"8">&NewLine;<li><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400"> Banana halwa<&sol;span><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">This lip-smacking dessert is made from ripe &&num;8216&semi;moira&&num;8217&semi; bananas&period; It is soft&comma; sweet&comma; delicious and the perfect way to complete your traditional Goan feast&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">So now that you have got a fair idea of what to expect in the Goan &&num;8216&semi;thali&&num;8217&semi;&comma; you must definitely try it in the <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">restaurants of Goa<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">&period; As the state&&num;8217&semi;s capital&comma; Panjim offers some of the best out there&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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