8 Favourite Goan seafood dishes you need to try

Evelyn Siqueira

1. SQUIDS (CALAMARI) MASALA FRY

Soft, round squids are stir-fried and cooked along with spicy, red Goan recheado masala

2. PRAWN BALCHAO

This spicy, tangy dish is also used as a pickle, and can be stored for months

3. FISH RECHEADO

Mackerel or pomfret is stuffed with spicy Goan recheado masala, coated with semolina and pan-fried till crisp

4. PRAWN & LADYFINGER CALDINHA

This is a yellow, mildly-spiced coconut curry, containing prawns and ladyfingers

5. GOAN FISH CURRY

This is the basic Goan fish curry, which forms part of the daily meal, or Xitt-Codi

6. SHARK AMBOT TIK

Ambot Tik is a red sour and spicy curry, which gets its flavour largely from the red chillies and kokum in it

7. CRAB XACUTI

Xacuti is a flavourful curry, which gets an extra dose of flavour from the crab meat

8. MUSSELS RAWA FRY

Soft mussels are coated in rawa and deep-fried till crisp

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