Western India has three major food groups...
posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 02:33 AM
Western India has three major food groups: Gujarati, Maharashtrian and Goan.
Maharashtrian cuisine is has mainly two sections defined by the geographical sections. The coastal regions, geographically similar to Goa depend more on rice, coconut, and fish. The hilly regions of the Western Ghats and Deccan plateau regions use groundnut in place of coconut and depend more on jowar (sorghum) and bajra (millet) as staples. Saraswat cuisine forms an important part of coastal Konkani Indian cuisine.
Gujarati cuisine is predominantly vegetarian. Many Gujarati dishes have a hint of sweetness due to use of sugar or brown sugar.

Goan cuisine is influenced by the Portuguese colonization of Goa. For instance, beef and pork are consumed there, due to the Portuguese presence. Popular and well known dishes from Goa include the vindaloo (which means garlic wine in the Portuguese language), originally a sour and spicy pork curry, but which more recently are consumed with any meat. Pork sorpotel is also a Portuguese influenced Goan dish. This dish consists of thin pork sausages mixed with onions, and is usually eaten on its own, unlike other Indian dishes which are eaten with rice and Indian breads.


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