Goan cuisine Goan cuisine Goan cuisine consists of regional foods popular in Goa, an Indian state located along India's west coast on the shore of the Arabian Sea. Rice, seafood, coconut, vegetables, meat, pork and local spices are some of the main ingredients in Goan cuisine. The area is located in a tropical climate, which means that spices and flavors are intense. Use of "kokum" is another distinct feature. Goan food is considered incomplete without fish. It is similar to Malvani or Konkani cuisine. The cuisine of Goa originated from its Hindu roots, and was influenced by the 451 years of Portuguese
Assamese rô Assamese rô In the Assamese alphabet, rô ( ) is the twenty-seventh consonant, or in other terms, twenty-seventh letter of the "byônzônbôrnômala" (). "Rô" has an inherent vowel in it, which is "ô", as in most other Assamese consonants. But, many a times, "ô" is to be replaced by another vowel or "swôrôbôrnô". In such a case, the vowels change their forms. As examples: Given below are examples of words starting with . When is added before another consonant to form a conjunct, turns into "reph". In other words, "reph" indicates that there is a "r" sound before the letter