Balchao means "Pickling", India's culinary term, specifically from Goa. Goa's speciality is pickling foods (vegetables and seafoods), like aubergines or prawns which are "pickled” in sugar, vinegar and spices for a day or two before eating. Goa is India's richest state.

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