Cuisine
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Most of the GSB's including Chitrapur Saraswats and some Rajapur Saraswats are vegetarian. Their food is usually without onion and garlic. However some GSB's from North Kanara, Goa and Maharashtra are piscovegetarian (fish eaters). The inclusion of fish in the diet is not looked upon as non-vegetarian. Legend has it that when the Saraswati River dried up, the Saraswats who could not farm were permitted to eat seafood and fish. The fish were euphemistically called "sea vegetable". However they too eat only vegetarian food without onion and garlic on festival days and on Mondays, which is auspicious for Shiva. The recipes use large amounts of coconut and spices, and rice is the staple food.
Pathrodo, a vegetarian dish made from colocasia leaves is a GSB specialty; it is commonly eaten with rice or curd. The dish is threatened due to a lack of colocasia leaves due to urbanisation.
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