Goan cuisine is dominated by flavours and spices as it sits on the west coast of the Arabian Sea. Their staple food items include rice, pork, coconut, fish, kokum, and meat. Talking about their staple food items, have you ever tried Goan Pork Vindaloo? It’s a pork preparation made using vinegar and garlic as the main ingredients. If you haven’t, you surely have missed out on a gem if you love pork.
About Goan Pork Vindaloo
TasteAtlas has come up with a list of the 50 best pork dishes in the world. They have actually curated a list of the best pork dishes that one can taste across the globe. The list of 50 dishes has one Indian pork dish on it, and the name is not at all a surprise.
It’s Vindaloo! Yes, Goan Pork Vindaloo. This authentic Goan pork dish holds the 19th rank and makes us super proud. ‘Vin’ stands for vinegar and ‘ahlo’ stands for garlic in Portuguese, giving the dish its name as Vindahlo. But as the dish has potatoes in it, people began calling it Vindaloo.
This dish has pork, garlic, vinegar, onions, potatoes, chilies, and other spices. The masala for the dish is prepared using chillies and other ingredients and then mixed with vinegar and meat. This is then stored overnight and fried with onions and other herbs.
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Check Out The 50 Best Pork Dishes
According to the list, the best pork dish in the world is Carnitas. Carnitas is a flavorful Mexican pork dish. It originates from Mexico’s Michoacan state. The pork’s front section and shoulders are generally used to prepare this dish. The meat is braised, slow-cooked, or roasted while making this dish. It is often served in tortillas with fresh veggies, salsa, beans, and more.
Here is the list of the top 50!
- Carnitas
- Pernil
- Cochinita pibil
- Siu yuk
- Lechona
- Carne de porco à Alentejana
- Samgyeopsal
- Katsudon
- Char siu
- Hong shao rou
- Tang cu pai gu
- Bún chả
- Dōngpo rou
- St. Louis-Style Ribs
- Tonkatsu
- Pulled pork
- Lechon
- Porchetta
- Vindaloo
- Huí guō rou
- Fritada
- Lechon kawali
- Bicol express
- Leitão da bairrada
- Pomana porcului
- Gournopoula
- Chashu
- Sisig
- Schweinebraten
- Kotlet schabowy
- Schweinshaxe
- Spanferkel
- Bossam
- Apáki
- Schäufele
- Jeyuk bokkeum
- Poc chuc
- Su porceddu
- Eisbein
- Vepřo knedlo zelo
- Jing jiang rou si
- Khao kha mu
- Dwaeji galbi
- Kalua pig
- Porchetta di Ariccia
- Porchetta Umbra
- Gu lao rou
- Lu rou fan
- Butadon
- Schwenkbraten
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Have you tried Vindaloo?
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