Goan Traditional Wedding Sweets
Looking for Traditional Goan Sweets for your Goan Wedding? The Goan Favourite delicacy Doce, Mouthwatering Bebinca to pingr, and more. In Goa, Sweets such as Doce and Boll are traditionally given as a part of the wedding celebration. No Catholic wedding is complete without it. Traditional Sweets have been prepared in their true authenticity and Goan flavour. The common Goan sweets prepared for weddings are Doce and Boll.
GRAM DOCE (DOCE DE GRAO) or COCAD
Firstly, The main ingredients are Boiled Gram dal (lentil), grated coconut, sugar, ground cardamom. Secondly, it is one of the favorites for a Goan Traditional wedding sweet. Most Importantly this sweet is available in soft and hard versions and can be preordered as per your requirements. Normally for a wedding, this is served in round trays and customized as per the requirements. The doce can be of two types Gram doce (Softer version of doce) or Cocad ( The Harder version)
The Doce is served around the village post-wedding. As a Tradition, the new bride goes around the village to serve these sweets.
BOLL
The Main ingredients for Boll are Coconut, wheat flour & rice flour, Jaggery, Fresh Coconut toddy, Cardamom. This sweet is baked on banyan tree leaves and is one of the compulsory sweets to be a part of the Goan catholic wedding for instance. Furthermore, Bolls are usually pre-ordered much before the wedding. In addition, The Wedding Boll are ordered by the bride’s family and given as “vojem” to the couple at the wedding. The Bride along with the groom’s family distributes it to the village post-wedding.
This Tradition of the bride distributing sweets around the village was to therefore make the bride familiar with the people and as an introduction to the new village people.
This tradition has now been more of an old age custom and is slowly fading off amongst the new age couples.
Where can you get all this yummy goodness?
If you are looking for some delicious traditional wedding sweets in Goa then head to Simonia’s with its branches located at Porvorim, Mapusa, and Candolim. Rest assured you will surely cherish the rich traditional Goan Delicacies made with love from Goa.
Simonia’s has been producing Goan Doce and Goan Wedding Boll for decades. They have been in business Since 1969 and continue to build upon the experience in preparing Goan sweets. The Goan delicacies have been admired all across the globe.
Next time if you are searching for Traditional Goan Sweets for your Wedding in Goa, Make sure you check out Simonia’s.
You can get in touch with Simonia’s on +91-9607351182 or click on the website www.simoniasgoa.com or WhatsApp on +91-9822126264
Walk in any of their stores in Porvorim, Candolim, or Mapusa from Monday to Saturday to place your order for Traditional Goan Sweets.
Surely Tasty!