Most goans would agree that their favourite dish is fish curry and rice, where there is a good mix of ingredients in every mouthful. Seafood forms an important part of the goan diet as it is high in protein. Goa has a beautiful coastline which yields plentiful supplies of fish all year round. The goans skills in preparing and serving fish are legendary and this is amplified by the variety of fish available; kingfisher pomfret, doumer, tuna, mackerel, crab, prawns, tiger prawns, shark, lobster squid and mussels, the list is endless. Goans are extremely adept at preparing fish in a wide variety of fish. Very fresh fish is sliced thinly and served raw; this is desirable and adds a bit of zest to any goan recipe.

Fish can also be marinated, normally in a rashard but this is no means the only way it is prepared. Fish is also poached, battered, fried, grilled and cooked on skewers. For the sake of our little taste buds many beach shacks and restaurants present seafood lightly spiced, or without spices at all. Fish should be served as fresh as possible and it is usual for diners to choose their fish from tanks in restaurants.

1.  Prawn Balchao
2.  Ambot Tik
3.  Crab Curry
4.  Bacalhau
5.  Shark Ambo Tik
6.  Fish Reacheado
7.  Goan Fish Head Curry
8.  Spiny lobster
9.  Goan Prawn Caldine
10.  Fish Caldine
11.  Caldeirada
12.  Fish Balchao
13.  Stuffed Mussels
14.  Prawn Curry - 2
15.  Goan Prawn Curry - 1
16.  Goa Shrimp Curry
17.  Apa de Camarao (Prawn Pie)
18.  Goan Sambharachi Kodi
19.  Fófos de bacalhau (cod fish rolls)
20.  Fresh bombay ducks (bombils) stuffed
21.  Crab xec xec
22.  Clams fritters ( tisreo or kube dhangar)
23.  Fried clams in shells
24.  Motiallem (tiny silvery fish) sukem
25.  Traditional Fish Curry
26.  Ambot Teekh
27.  Tisreo Sukhem
28.  Crab curry
29.  Galmbo Balchao (shrimp preserve)
30.  Chilli Calamari
31.  Kingfish cake
32.  Prawn Pakoras
33.  Pomfret Curry
34.  Sardinhas a Portuguesa (portuguese sardines)
35.  Fish Temperada
36.  Shark Xacuti
37.  Squid chilly fry
38.  Caril de tomato (Prawns with tomato)
39.  Prawn and Pumpkin curry
40.  Fish Vindaloo
41.  Dry Prawn Kismor
42.  Prawn Chow Chow
43.  Fish Mayonnaise
44.  Grilled Fish
45.  Rissois de Camarao - Prawn Turnovers

Have a look at one of the above seafood Recipe

Prepare Goan Prawn Caldine

Ingredients :

550 g headless raw prawns
2 tbsps coconut or white wine vinegar
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tbsps white poppy seeds or ground almonds
4 tbsps groundnut oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, cut in slivers
1" root ginger, finely chopped
14 fl oz coconut milk
4 tbsps tamarind water
5 fl oz water
3-5 mild green chillies, seeded and
cut in log thin shreds
2 tbsps chopped coriander
salt


Preparation :

Peel the prawns. Mix the prawns with the vinegar and half a tsp of salt and leave for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile put the turmeric, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and white poppy seeds into a spice grinder and grind to a fine powder.

Heat the oil in a medium sized pan. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and fry gently for five minutes. Stir in the ground spices and fry for 2 minutes.

Add the ground almonds( if using) plus the coconut milk, tamarind water, thrre
quarters of the chillies and ½ tsp salt. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the prawns and simmer for 3-4 minutes only so they dont overcook. Stir in the rest of the sliced chillies and the coriander and serve with some basmati rice.