Kuswar or Kuswad is a set of festive sweets and snacks made and exchanged by Christians of the Konkan region in the Indian subcontinent for the Christmas season or Christmastide. These goodies are major parts of the cuisines of the Goan Catholic community of Goa in the Konkan region, and the Mangalorean Catholic community of Karnataka . [ 1 ]

2024年12月11日 · Also locally known as kuswar or kidiyo, kulkuls are deep fried, bite-sized pastry that are crunchy on the outside and flaky on the inside. The most complicated part about this kal kal recipe is the shaping.

2023年12月25日 · Consoada, or kuswar, distributed at Christmas time in Goa is, simply put, happiness on a plate! Consoada, which means ‘A Christmas Eve dinner meal’ in Portuguese, is derived in turn from the Latin word consolare which means ‘to comfort’. The kuswar is akin to a platter of comfort food.

2019年12月18日 · A lot of these sweets make an appearance on the Goan Christmas platter also called Kuswar (pronounced koos-wahr). So far, I’ve had brilliant luck with quite a few and I will list them along with links to their recipes at the end of this post.

2024年11月29日 · Kuswar, also known as kuswad, is a platter of Christmas-themed sweets and snacks prepared and shared by Christians in the Konkan region. These traditional Christmas sweets are mostly a staple of the cuisines of Goan Catholics and Mangalorean Catholics.

2023年12月13日 · The Kuswar is a unique tray or platter of treats specifically for Christmas in the Goan and Mangalorean Catholic communities in Goa and Karnataka, India respectively. There are approximately 22 recipes for this tradition.

2009年1月17日 · A Goan Catholic tradition, kuswar refers to the collection of treats that are made at home before Christmas. They are then packed in pretty boxes and handed over to visiting friends and family. Three packages of kuswar have made their way to my home this year and you bet there are at least ten things there I've never seen, eaten or even heard ...

2010年12月18日 · Kuswar is the term given to all the special preparations that are made around Christmas time in Mangalore. The preparations are either sweet or savoury. They are made in the run up to Christmas.

2014年12月18日 · It is a quintessential Mangalorean Kuswar item although it is slowly losing out to other popular items on the goodie platter. To those new here, ‘Kuswar’ is a collective term for Christmas goodies prepared in Mangalorean Catholic households and includes sweets as well as savouries – mostly deep fried.

2012年12月12日 · Kormolas or Phoolancho Kalyo (Flower Bud cookies) in Konkannim are sweet & crispy dough goodies which are a part of Kuswar. Sweetened dough is shaped into flower buds & deep fried to a pale pink color.