What’s the versatile liquid that comes from the coconut palm in Goa?
Coconuts may be quintessential to Goan cuisine, but the tree also yields toddy, which has multiple uses in Goa’s culinary traditions
An essential ingredient in the Goan Catholic kitchen, toddy (sur) is the sap collected from coconut trees. It is sweet when freshly extracted from the tree, and is sometimes considered a poor man's wine.
Toddy tapping is the process of collecting sap from the bud (or spadix) of the palm tree, and is an activity that has been carried out in Southeast Asia for centuries. In 1770, British explorer Captain Cook discovered that the islanders of Savu, Indonesia, were tapping toddy from palm trees, and using it for drinking and as animal feed. Sri Lanka is also known for toddy tapping.
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