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

Have a look at one of the above seafood Recipe

Prepare Caril de tomato (Prawns with tomato)

ingredients :

1/2 kg. red tomatoes
1 inch piece turmeric (1 tsp ground)
8 peppercorns
3 cloves
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 kg. fresh uncooked prawns, cleaned and shelled
1 coconut
2 large onions, finely sliced
1 inch piece of ginger, finely sliced
4 cloves garlic, finely sliced
2 green chilies, finely sliced

preparation :

Skin and chop the tomatoes then pass through a sieve to remove seeds.

Grind together the turmeric, peppercorns, cloves and cumin.

Extract a thick and thin milk from the coconut.

Fry the onion, ginger, garlic and chilies in a little oil until onions are slightly brown.

Add the ground turmeric, peppercorns, cloves and cumin mix and fry for 30 second or so.

Add the prawns (if using cooked prawns add at the end of the cooking) and fry for a few minutes.

Add the tomato juice and cook for 5 minutes. Add the thin coconut milk and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the thick coconut milk and cook until the sauce is thick. Serve with rice.

Posted By: Leslie Aguiar, mumbia.
10/08/2007