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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by anon291 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:15AM (#36800775)
The Indian curry vindaloo is also a Portuguese dish although few Indian restaurants actually serve real Vindaloo which you'll only get at a Goan house or an East Indian house. Only Christians eat Vindaloo really because it has to be made with pork, as it's a pork dish, and only us Indian Christians eat pork as far as I know.

It comes from the Portuguese dish Vinha d'Alho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carne_de_vinha_d%27alhos). It's a simple recipe and tastes excellent.

There's a whole set of Indian pork and beef curries with Portuguese influence that are amazing and unfortunately never sold in restaurants.

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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by zeruch on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:02PM (#36803429)
Vinho d'Alho is actually more broad than just that dish; it can refer to anything marinaded in wine and garlic (which is literally what the name refers to, as stated in the wikipedia article).

I grew up in an Azorean household, and a lot of stuff besides pork gets prepped that way (or a permutation thereof)

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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by anon291 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:16PM (#36803611)
Sure, the original dish may be broader, but the Indian vindaloo curry is a particular dish made with garlic and wine vinegar and some other spices. It's categorically not what most restaurants serve as vindaloo
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