What Is Vindaloo?
Fans of Indian cuisine will surely be familiar with the delights of the incendiary vindaloo, a staple on the menu of most Indian restaurants. But this entree in its various incarnations—pork, beef, chicken, lamb, with pork being the standard—is often as misunderstood in its preparation as its name is in translation. Popularly known as “vindy” in Great Britain, vindaloo as it is served up in the Indian restaurant of today generally bears little resemblance to its original forebear, a dish that originated not in India, but in Europe, and was transported to the Goa region of India by Portuguese explorers sometime following Vasco de Gama’s mission to that country in 1498.
