INDIA - GOA - Fruits, food and more...

DELICIOUS SOUTH INDIAN FOOD

Mapusa Market

Fruits - Mapusa Market

Just outside of my bedroom door are found a great diversity of fruit-trees....

Jackfruit tree

Banana Tree

Chikoofruit Tree

Cashew nuts

I was also lucky enough to see the Coconut guy as it is said to be a specie at risk...

Look carefully, no harness, bare hands and feet, and solely equipped with a rope to keep his feet together. According to the owner of my Guest House only few people with such skills remain and they are difficult to find during the coconut season!

The Coconut guy, a specie at risk...

The Coconut guy, a specie at risk...

Spices – Anjuna's Market

 

Fresh Sugar Cane Juice

Barbequed corn anyone?

Every single street stand offers all sorts of fried goodies served in a PAV (bun) pronounced “pão” meaning bread in Portuguese ;)

 

One of my favorites, vegetarian and mostly gluten free!

 

Idli: spongy, round, fermented rice cake
Sambar: soupy lentil dish with cubed vegetables
Dosa: Large savoury crêpe made from rice flour folded and filled with a variety of vegetables and spices, simply DELECIOUS!

Uttapam: thick rice pancake cooked in a pan with a selection of topping similar to a pizza. Also pretty yummy!
Bhazi: ??
Thali: main dish of rice, dalh (lentil soup) and a few different chutneys (chickpeas and/or vegetables and spices)
 
And not to forget, the great variety of freshly pressed fruit juices and lassi made with curd (obtained by curdling / coagulating milk by adding lemon juice or vinegar.
 

Not all Indians are vegetarians and chicken, beef and goat are usually found on the menu lists and/or wandering the streets ;)

Goat crossing on Anjuna's main street

Thali's menu on the main street

Real strategic place for a Baskin & Robbin ice cream shop; opposite from the main street Bus Stop!