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Text by: Tanya Munshi
For a change from the normal chicken curry and rice, you can try out Pork Vindaloo, a typical Goan cuisine. If you don’t eat pork, you can try the same recipe with chicken, beef, lamb or mutton.

Ingredients:

• 5-7 Kashmiri dry red chillies
• half to 1 cup White Vinegar
• 2½ teaspoons Ginger
• 6-8 flakes Garlic
• 1-2 sticks of Cinnamon
• 6-8 Cloves
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 5 tbsp Cooking oil
• 2-3 large Onions – finely chopped
• 1 kg Pork (or chicken) – all cut into small bite sizes
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt – to taste
• ½ cup Water

Method:

1. Before starting to cook, soak the Kashmiri dry red chillies in a bowl of vinegar for about 2 hours.
2. Grind together chillies, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, cloves and cumin seeds into a fine paste.
3. Instead of water, add the vinegar to the mixture till you use up the entire vinegar for the paste.
4. Heat the oil in a cooker and add the onions till they are golden brown.
5. Add the meat, ground paste, turmeric powder and salt and mix well for about 5 minutes.
   Add water and mix again.
6. Close the cooker and bring it to a full pressure on high heat.
7. After the first couple of whistles, reduce the heat and cook further for about 8 to 10 minutes.
8. Switch off the gas and allow the food to cook naturally.
9. Before serving, give it a boil and serve hot.

Published in CookingGoddess.com, on April 25, 2007
Link: http://www.cookinggoddess.com/category/Recipes/Pork-Vindaloo/

Travel & Food> Goa Restaurant Guide> Viva Panjim

Image1: Kingfish Masala fry

Image2: Look out for this board to spot Viva Panjim

Image3: Butter Garlic Squids
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Viva Panjim
Recommended by Lonely Planet, The Rough Guide and the Footprints, Viva Panjim is a Goan family restaurant at Fontainhas. It may take you some time to trace this restaurant in the lanes of Fountainhas, but it's worth the effort. With the delicious Goan food that is served hot on your table, you will forget the world.

"Viva Panjim is one of the most popular restaurants in Fountainhas, known for its Goan cuisine," says Ana Maria DeSouza Goswami a fellow Travel Expert (for Goa) for Yatra's Raahi.com. She further adds, "Viva Panjim is situated on the ground floor of Linda's house in Fontainhas (Latin Quarter). She serves excellent Goan food. I suggest you order (for two), prawn curry rice (1 plate), 1 fried reacheado masala king fish and 1 butter garlic squid, with a drink. The bill should be around Rs. 300/-. " Since she recommended that we visit this place, we recommend it to you!

Viva Panjim offers you an old world charm where you will come across the good old friends of the neighborhood visiting Viva Panjim for beer and prawns. It clearly showed that afternoon is a time for rest and more importantly meeting friends.

Try out the butter garlic squids, kingfish fry, rice and the Goan prawn curry to taste the Goan flavour. A cosy restaurant with an air conditioned, non-air-conditioned and a tiny outdoor seating is a delight. A meal for two, should be around Rs. 300/-. Viva Panjim opens as early as 8:30 in the morning and Sundays are a days of rest.

Location:
Viva Panjim
House No. 178, Rua 31 de Janeiro,
Behind Mary Immaculate High School,
Panjim
Phone: 0832-2422405

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