MELGOANS VOLUME 3, ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2007

News of Goan relevance for Goans in Melbourne

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“To provide Goans and their friends an enjoyable and a relaxing time without the
need for formal membership. In doing this, we will showcase our cultural activities
and also learn and integrate with the multicultural society of Melbourne”.

From the editor’s desk…

Mogal Goencarano,
How quick does time fly! It feels like it was just a few months ago, but it is already a year,
and we are back in good old August—our favourite month when Goans all over the world
get together to celebrate World Goa Day.

Its been five years since it all began here in Melbourne. And with each passing year,
World Goa Day has been growing in leaps and bounds. And the success story of this
great event is all due to the like mindedness of our beloved Goans, who just want to be
Goan, having fun and meeting friends new and old on that day. I remember the first
World Goa Day here in Melbourne: I was too late and had to be disappointed as I could
not get tickets, the function being sold out! And that is how I made friends with Oscar
Lobo. He was kind enough to take my details and get in touch with me the next year.
And the year after that, I just could not say no to joining the team that makes the day!

Well that’s how it has been. So good to see our fellow Goans get together forgetting their
differences, club and association affiliations, and for the day, making merry. And that is
what it is all about! Unity. Each year I have managed to make new friends on the day,
and I am sure that has been the case with everyone else who was present on the day.
This year will be no different, and I am looking forward to meeting new people, and
catching up with old friends. Last year I was lucky to meet one of my old class mates from
school after almost thirty years!!!

So friends, get set for the great event of the year. This year there will be two special
dance presentations on the night. One is a traditional Goan harvest dance, while the
other is a dance performance by some Aussie performers. What a great show of
integration that would be! The band is all fired up, and so are the caterers. They have
promised the best of music and the food on the night.

Let us join hands and work ourselves towards this big day. Five years this year, it is surely
going to be ‘the one to remember’. See you all there on the 25th of this month.

Salus Correia
From the rambling ‘Reddo’…!
The Goan political teatro has just begun its ‘dusro poddo’ and the disgusting
pollies are back at their games. What a disgrace these guys are to the ever
faithful Goan voters who have time and again given them an undeserving
‘second chance’. What about honour—its just non existent for now with
these clowns who want to take it upon themselves to govern our lovely land.
I just dread to think of what is going to happen in the five long years to
come.

And if we compare that scenario with the political scenario here in

Melbourne, what a huge difference!!! We have just seen our standing
Premier Steve Bracks step back from the top job, giving John Brumby the
chance he was waiting for some time now. No toppling, no moves. Just an
announcement and that was it. Imagine our Goan pollies trying to hold on to
their chairs forever, little by hook and more by crook!

Today I received a strange email that was making the rounds a few years
back, and I am sure many of you received it too. About Mars being closest
to earth this month etc etc. Well, as I have been doing of late, I googled
the first line of the message and got a link to the Australian Astronomical
Society, who have confirmed what I suspected: the message is a fake. Why
do something stupid and low like this? What a waste of time and internet
bandwidth. Imagine just half the recipients of the message reforwarding it
to all on their address books. No wonder the internet does run slow
nowadays—slower than we would hope it wouldn't!!!

Get ready friends: World Goa Day is around the corner. I am off to polish
my ‘festache moche’ and iron my shirt ready for the big night. I love these
functions—they make me feel I am back home in Goa. What a nostalgic trip
it turns out to be.

Till then, mog asundi... Recad sogleank!

… Bostiao Xavier
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JOHN: Good morning Mary, did you sleep well last night?
MARY: Yes John, I slept very well. Goa's breeze I think is
very good for my nerves.
JOHN: The breeze has also made me hungry. So please
make some breakfast ready.
MARY: What, tea or coffee? And why not make a true old-
time Goan breakfast with chappati and 'kalchi koddi?'
JOHN: Mary, that's a very good idea. Yes, when in Goa,
let's live like true Goans.
At the Mapusa Bazar
PETER: Clara dear, folks say that Mapusa bazar is the
biggest in Bardez.
CLARA: That must be true, because there isn't any
other in Bardez like this one.
PETER: Then, let's do good shopping today without
missing any item.
CLARA: Firstly, to which shop shall we go?
PETER: We need a lot of food-stuff, like rice, oil, garlick,
saffron, cinnamon, onions, cumin, cloves, ginger,
chillies, black-pepper, tamarind, cocunuts, etc.
CLARA: Now, where shall we find the fish and
meat shops? Let's ask with someone.
At the Fish Shop
JAKINN: Lady, I have allsorts of fresh fish, take
a look and see.
CLARA: What all sorts of fish do you have?
JAKINN: I have pomplets, saw-fish, makerel, mullet,
cockles, big-crabs, and shrimps.
CLARA: You sell very good fish. I would like to have
two pomplets and a kilo of large shrimps.
JAKINN: Lady, I have some very good oysters which
all Gulf-Goans buy from me.
CLARA: But I am not a Gulf-Goan. I come from Bombay
where we get very good pomplets.
JAKINN: Pardon me lady, but in Bombay I'd thought
that people ate only Bombay ducks.
CLARA: Oh yes, our cats love it.
Basilio Magno basiliom@adinet.com.uy
From our
Konkani corner
= Deu boro dis dium Mary, tum ratim bôri niddli?
= Ôi John, bôri niddlim. Goemchem varem maka dista
chôdd borem mhojeam nervank.
= Varean tôsich maka bukh addlea. Tor matso kosloi
nosto toiar kôr.
= Kitem, chau vô koffi? Ani kiteak ami khoro addlo Go-
emcho nosto kôrinam khaun bakri ani kalchi koddi?
= Mary, ti zôbôr bôri ikmôt. Ôi, Goeam astanam khore
Goemkar kose jivoea.
Mapxechea Bazaran
= Mogachea Clara, lôk mhunnta ki Mapxêcho baz-
ar Bardez-an vhoddan-vhodd zaun asa.
= Tem khorem zaunk zai, kiteak oslo bazar Bardez-
ant anink khuim nam.
= Tor aiz borem 'shopping' kôriea koslich vost chukoi-
nastanam.
= Pôilem, khuimchea dukornar ami vôichim?
= Jeunacheô vôstu amkam zaiteô zai, zoxem tandu, tel,
lôsunn, ôllôdd, tiki, kandde, jirem, kalafur, alem,
mirsangô, miriam, amsann, narl, adi.
= Atam, nisteachem ani masachem dukonn
khuim asot gai? Konnaim lagim vicharia.
Nisteachea Dukornnar
= Bai, mhoje lagim zaite tôrechem tajem nistem
asa, nodor mar ani polle.
= Koslea jinsachem nistem tujê lagim asa?
= Mhoje lagim asat pamplitam, isvônn, bangdde, xeute,
tisreô, vhoddleô kurleo, ani sungtam.
= Tum borem nistem viktai. Maka khôxi dôn pamplitam
ani ek kilo vhoddlim sungtam gheuncheak.
= Bai, mhôjê lagim bôrim kalvam asa, jim soglle Golf-
Goemkar mhôjê koddchim ghetat.
= Punn anv Golf-Goenkann nhuim,
anv Mumboichim, zuim bôrim
pamplitam melltat.
= Bôgôs maka bai, punn anv somzotalim ki
Mumbôi lôk fokot bombil khata mhunn.
= Oi, amchea mazrank chodd ruch tachi.
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 Newsletter from Indology Goa
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor will inaugurate International Cuisine Conference in Goa in September

Panaji, Goa: Chef Extraordinaire, TV show host, author of best selling cookbooks, restaurant consultant and
winner of several culinary awards Sanjeev Kapoor will inaugurate the International Cuisine Conference on
Traditional Asian Diet in Goa. This conference will be held at Hotel Fidalgo ( www.hotelfidalgo-goa.com ) in
the capital city Panaji.

Goa based NGO Indology Goa and Pune based NGO OneAsia are the organizers of this conference will be held from
September 2-5, 2007.Mr.Kappor will deliver the keynote address at the Conference. The aim of this Conference is to
examine the evolution, benefits and state of research on Tradition Asian diet, as well as the potential and problems
associated with its survival. The focus of the conference will be on Healthy Traditional Cuisines and their relevance in
modern fast pace of life. The aim is also to set this as a platform for a cross-cultural communication.

Goanet- the largest Goa related mailing list with over 10000 members managed by Eminent Journalist Fredrick
Noronha are Online Media Partners for this event.

This background brings experts and students of Cuisine and Hospitality Industry together during the four day
conference, "United We Eat", a conference on Traditional Asian Diet, A special academic session on Traditional Goan
Diet will be held where Culinary Experts of Goa will deliver their presentation on various Nutritional aspects of Goan
Food.

The Chancellor of Maharaja Sayyajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat Dr.Mrunalini Devi will share the dais as the Guest
of Honour with veteran cuisine expert Padmashree Ms.Thangam Philip. Around 25 Cuisine experts including Dr.Nutan
Pandit, Pratibha Jain, Jigyasa Giri, Dr. Siddharth Wakankar, Dr. Alka Pandey, Dr. Sumit Paul, Dr. T. V. Sairam, Chef
Fernando Da Costa, Dr.G.B.Sharma, Author and Environmentalist Dr.Nandakumar Kamat, Chef, Culinary experts
Rony and Suzie Martins, Food Critic Tara Narayan Patel will be making their presentation on various aspects of
Traditional Asian Cuisine during the conference.

Television Celebrity and International Cookery as well as Nutrition expert Niru Gupta will be a Lead Speaker on
Evolution of Asian Traditional Food in this International Cuisine Conference.

Niru Gupta, an author of 7 cookery books, has hosted Khaana Khazana on Zee TV for 6 months, and Meri Saheli
on Star Plus, judging and demonstrating cookery programmes in Ladies' clubs in Delhi and Kanpur. She wrote a
monthly column in 'Sakhi' a Hindi magazine by the Dainik Jagran group for two years and writes occasionally for New
Woman, published from Bombay. She also writes for other magazines like Upper Crust, Femina and Savvy

Niru Gupta is heading the panel of ndtv.com's cookery section and is the cookery consultant on ndtvcooks.com and
hosts cookery episodes for NDTV off and on.

Goa, the Beach Destination of India is the chosen Venue for this International Conference and is beautifully
surrounded by the beaches. Details of the conference are available on the organisations' website www.indologygoa.in
for online registration. Participants can also seek more details on the conference from Dr.Anjali Rao, Chairperson,
Indology Goa on indologygoa@gmail.com .

A book Exhibition on Cuisine is also organised during this conference at Hotel Fidalgo where authors and publishers
will be displaying their literature where general public will be invited. A special discount of 25 % will be extended to the
general public.

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Dr.Anjali Mohan Rao,
Chairperson
Indology Goa
Regd.Address: GIRIVAR, Opp.Dhempe College, Miramar Beach, Post-Caranzalem, City-Panaji, Goa 403002 INDIA
Phone: 0091-832-2462195 Cellphone: 0091-9422057786 / 0091-9422062910
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 GOAN RECIPES
thanks to Joyce

CABIDELA

1 Kg. pigling meat (heart, liver & kidney)

1 cup of blood (this should be mixed fresh in half a cup of
vinegar and kept aside)
3 or 4 tablespoons fat
2 large onions (sliced fine)
1 teaspoon sugar
a small ball of tamarind
salt and vinegar as required
2 green chillies, if necessary

Grind to a fine paste:

20 dry red chillies

½ teaspoon cummin seeds
10 peppercorns
1 inch piece turmeric
1 inch piece cinnamon
6 cloves

Pound well:
2 inch piece of ginger
20 flakes of garlic

Wash the meat etc., and cut into bite-size pieces. Fry sliced onions with fat until
browned. Add meat pieces, etc., and fry thoroughly. Add pounded ginger and
garlic and keep stirring. When water begins to appear add the ground masala. Stir
for a while and pour a solution of tamarind (mash the tamarind ball in a cup of
water). Vinegar and green chillies may be added if necessary. Then add sugar and
salt. Finally add the blood but mash it very fine, stirring it evenly into the cabidela,
otherwise lumps will form. Cook over slow fire for about 10 minutes.
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 GOA, GOA, GOA (AMCHEM GOA)

A typical Goan House. Note how

the lady in the front of the house
prepares to fold her sari before
she begins work for the day.

Shopping at Calangute beach. By

the way, where have all the Goans
gone???
Proof of Goa’s invasion!!!
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Printed and Published by Oscar Lobo for Melgoans Pty
Ltd. This monthly read is distributed free of charge to
any Goan and their friends on request. Contributions
for publication are most welcome, and will be included in
the next issue subject to clearance by the editorial board.
Editor: Salus Correia
Email: saluscorreia@gmail.com

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