Source: Cozinha de Goa New recipes and flavour
Several Portuguese recipes in their original form found their way in the Goan cuisine specially sweets such as pasteis de nata, pasteis de Belem, pudim de ovos, fios de ovos, bolo de namorados and pão-de-ló. The nuns of the Convento of Santa Monica (Mosteiro de Santa Monica) in the city of Goa were famous for their handicrafts -- fine embroidery, rosaries, liturgical vestments like chasubles, stoles, doll making, paper flowers, buttons and most importantly for doces conventuais --confectionaries like bebincas, dedos da damas, queijadinhas do Conde, pasteis de natas, petas das freiras (similar to the French sweet pets de non), bolinhos, doce baji, fios de ovos, toucinho do Ceu and pickles. It is said that the nuns kept very close to their heart the recipes of some of the delicacies they prepared.... See also http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-06/news/31030757_1_small-publishers-goan-food-cookbooks http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/garam-masala-making-sense-of-a-melting-pot http://pinterest.com/pin/58124651411182019/
