6 Rava-Fried Goan Delicacies To Relish While On Vacation

The experience of soaking up the sun on holiday feels different and refreshing, especially if it is by the beach. The sea and sand aside, food and drink play a key role in elevating the experience of a vacation like no other – and if there’s anything that’s testament to this, it is Goa’s beach shacks.

Offering up a diverse variety of seafood – deep-fried, tossed in garlic butter or treated the local way with a crisp crusting of rava, these delicious snacks become an integral aspect of the ‘shack experience’.

A style of preparation that is native to parts of the Konkan coast and Mangalore, the process of rava frying an ingredient – typically seafood in most cases – involves creating a simple base marination using turmeric and chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt. Following this, the ingredient is coated generously in seasoned semolina before it is shallow fried in hot oil, until a crust forms on the outside.

In the array of rava-fried preparations, this rare vegetarian counterpart involves thinly slicing raw banana and treating it in the same way as one would, any type of seafood. Eaten most often as a replacement for fried fish during the month of Shravan, the kelyacho fodi is enjoyed as a snack or an accompaniment to rice and curry.