[Goanet] "GAIECHEA HADDANCHO SOP" (BEEF-BONE SOUP) - Konkani/English article!

[domnic fernandes]

“GAIECHEA HADDANCHO SOP”
(English translation follows)
Adlea tempar jem kitem ami kortaleanv tem sogllem eke manddavollir astalem; 
jevonn-khann pasun ek manddavoll zavn gel’li.  Gelea xekddeache panchve ani 
sove dosken vhoddlim jevnnam jevn ami voir soronk nant.  Thoddench 
jevtaleanv punn ruchichem ani ghottaiechem.

Dispottem jevonn zobor nhoi aslem.  Sokallim utton chav ani chaek tupan 
bazleleo bakri ani kednaim bakri barabor bazlelem tantim.  Antrea-poirean 
amchi maim chunancheo kailovieo kortali ani kednaim nachnneancheo bakri vo 
nachnneanchi ambil ani toxich kednaim chun ghalun muganchi pez ani kednaim 
mann’nnos.  Heo soglleo vostu itleo ghottaien bhorleleo ki ami iskolak thavn 
portun ghora eisor amkam bhuk lagonasli.

Donparchea jevnnank sodanch ukddea tandulanchem xit, nisteachi koddi, 
bazlelem nistem ani torkari.  Jevonn zalea uprant ghorant aslelim follam 
zoxe porim kellim, ambo, popai, anteram, anenes, peram, ponn’nnos, adi eke 
boxen dovrun soglleank vanttalint.  Ratchea jevnnank, tajem xit randtalint 
ani  jem kitem donparam randlelem urlam tem ratik jevtalint.

Amchea dhorman boroilelem asam “Aitar-Sontak kam korum naie” ani toxench 
amcho avoi-bapui ani zanttim kortalint.  Aitaradis maim bhakri korinasli; 
poderache undde vinkte ghetali.  Punn Aitarachem jevonn mat dusrech torechem 
astalem.

Sonvaradis Congotte bazarak vochon amcho avoi-bapui gaiechem mas ani tachea 
sangata don kilo tori haddam haddtalint.  Amchi maim gaiechea masacho 
jirea-mireacho prat sizoitali ani to kaddun xinkear dovortali dusrea disa 
khavnk.  Sonvaradis donparchem jevonn zalea uprant, haddam eka voddlea 
tizalan ghalun chulir domttea ujear sizonk dovortalint.  Eka lugttachea 
kuddkean mutt bhor ak’ki confir ghaltalint, tachi ek pottli bandtalint ani 
ti pottli tizalant uddoitalint.  Toxech thodde holldiche ani tikeche kuddke 
ani kaim calafuram tizalan ghaltalint.  Sanz passun tim haddam sizon tankam 
lagon aslelem mas ani chichddam itlim mov zatalint ki amchean tim 
sompeponnim ghans marun kaddunk zatalint; haddanchea bhitor tuton aslelem 
pasun bhair sortalem.  Sopachea voir vos ufeta ti amkam distali punn tednam 
cholestrol-achi konn porva kortalo?  Randpan favo tea pormonnem losunnicho 
upeog kelelean cholestrol nivllavn voitalem.

Dusrea disa, Aitara, sumar dha horar amchi maim tea haddancho sop kortali.  
Haddanchea sopak zobor kaim vaprinaslint.  Eka kullnnean vo handdien 
khobreachem tel ghaltalint ani tantun ek kando sovsaitalint; kednaim ek 
tamot ghaltalint ani uprant tizalantlo soglo kald te handdient votoitalint.  
Uprant tantun amchi chodda avddechi vost “Letri” ghaltalint.  Letri itli 
amche avddechi asli torui astannam ami ti sopa barabor khainaslint; ti 
kuleran kuxin kaddun, vattlen ghalun eke vollin ami sogllim akxeram ekttaim 
korun dovortalint ani soglli ABC manddun toiear zalea uprantuch ti ami 
khatalint.  Mhaka khuimcheai akxearanchi komi poddlear hanv moje bhoinnim 
kodde magon ghetalom ani tika komi poddlear ti moje kodde magon getali.

Haddam sizon kabar zalea uprant tim ghevn ami bostalint ani sunneam porim 
tankam ghans marun, lenvon-chinvon ami tim khatalint.  Bhitorlem tuton bhair 
soronam zalear fatnincho fator haddancher marun tache kuddke kortalint ani 
tuton ‘sur-r-r’ korun tonddan voddun getalint ani gilltalint.  Chodd vell 
haddam ghevn boslear maim amkam osso vinchar kortali:  “Ar’re, haddam passun 
tuvem chinvon khal’lint zalear sunneank kitem urtelem?”  Titlean ami lojen 
haddam chinvpachem bond kortalint ani mekllim haddam sunneank uddoitalint.

Khoreaninch te adle dis ekdom yadiche.  Toslo sop aiz-kal konn korinam ani 
ti Letrii atam mellonam.  Atam fottkiro domdom ghalun jinsavar aitim 
sopachim pekittam bazaran vikrek melltat punn tancho valor tea adlea 
gaiechea haddanchea sopak sor korinozo zo ghottaien bhorlolo!

Dumingachea pornea kallachea chovkar thavn sod’deak itlench!

Moi-mogan,

Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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BEEF-BONE SOUP!

Whatever we did in the past, we did it in an organized manner; even the food 
was well-organized!  In the 5th and the 6th decades of the last century we 
didn't grow up by eating great meals.  We ate less but we ate good, 
nutritious food.

Daily food was not that great.  For morning tea, we had ghee-covered “bakri” 
(hand made bread); sometimes, we ate a fried egg with it.  Every now and 
then our mother would prepare “kailovieo” (ground rice mixed with grated 
coconut); sometimes she prepared “nachnneancheo bakri” (hand made bread out 
of ground millets) or “nachnneanchi ambil” (sweet dish made from ground 
millets and jaggery) or “chun ghalun muganchi pez” (sweet dish made from 
green grams with grated coconut); “mann'nnos” (a kind of local cake) was 
also prepared once in a while.  All these things are so nutritious that we 
didn't feel hungry until we returned home from school for lunch.

For lunch we always had “ukddea tandulanchem xit” (boiled rice,) fish curry, 
fried fish and vegetables.  For dessert, home grown fruits like bananas, 
mangoes, papaya, custard apple, pineapple, guavas, jackfruit, etc., were 
placed in a plate and passed around.  At night, only fresh rice was 
prepared; everything else was leftovers from the afternoon lunch.

It is written in our religion that we should rest on Sundays and on days of 
obligation.  Our elders and parents did just that.  Our mother did not 
prepare chapatis on Sundays; she bought baker’s bread on that day.  But 
Sunday lunch was something special.

Our parents went to Calangute for Saturday bazaar and bought beef and at 
least two kilo beef-bones.  Our mother would cook ginger-pepper beef dish 
and place it on a “xinkem” (arrangement to keep food and food stuff hanging 
on high) for use on the next day.  As soon as Saturday lunch was over, bones 
were put in a “tizal” (large earthen utensil) and it was placed on a “chul’ 
under light fire.  The following spices were added to the contents in the 
“tizal:”  Whole coriander tied into a “pottli” (small bundle) tightly 
secured with a piece of thread; pieces of turmeric, cinamon and a few 
cloves.  By evening, bones would get thoroughly cooked and the meat/tissues 
on them would become so soft that we could just bite it off; even the marrow 
inside the bones would come out.  We could see the fat floating on the 
surface of the broth but who cared for the cholestrol then?  Actually, 
regular use of garlic in food cooking neutralized cholestrol in those days.

On the next day, Sunday, at around 10:00 a.m. our mother would prepare soup 
out of beef-bones.  In those days, nothing much was used to prepare soup – 
mother cut an onion, poured a little coconut oil in a “kullnnem” (a medium 
earthen utensil) or aluminum pan, fried the onion in oil along with a tomato 
(only sometimes) and then transferred the broth from the tizal into the pan. 
 Then our most favorite item would be added to the broth – the “Letri” 
(alphabets made out of macaroni).  Although we were very fond of Letri, we 
would not eat it with soup.  We would collect it from our soup bowl with a 
spoon and pile it up in a separate “vattli” (brass plate).  We would then 
scrutinize it and arrange it in an alphabetical order.  We would eat it only 
when we were able to arrange A-Z alphabets.  If I ran short of any letters, 
I would borrow them from my sister or vice versa.

When bones were finally done (cooked), we removed them from “tizal,” sat in 
a place and cleaned the meat and tissues on them by biting and licking them 
like a dog.  If we could not suck out the marrow from inside the bones, we 
broke them with the help of granite stone and then sucked the marrow by 
making ‘sur-r-r’ sound.  If we kept on licking the bones for too long, our 
mother would question:  “If you clean-suck the bones, what will remain for 
the dogs?”  We would then feel ashamed and give up biting/chewing the bones 
and throw them to the dogs.

Really, those days were fantastic memories.  Nobody prepares soup like that 
these days; the “Letri”, too, is not available now.  Nowadays, various types 
of soup packets with imitation fragrance are available for sale in the 
market but you cannot compare those packets to beef-bone-soup which was full 
of nutritious value.

That’s all for now from Dom’s antique shelf!

Moi-mogan,

Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA

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