{{Short description|Portuguese ingredient mix}} {{Italic title}} {{No footnotes|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Sarapatel | image = Sarapatel em Baga (Goa).jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = A "''sorpotel''{{-"}} from a restaurant in Goa. | alternate_name = | country = India, Portugal | region = Goa | creator = | course = | served = | main_ingredient = | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''''Sarapatel''''' ({{IPA|pt|sɐɾɐpɐˈtɛl}}, {{IPA|pt-BR|sɐɾɐpɐˈtɛw|lang}}), or '''''sorpotel''''' is a dish of Portuguese origin now commonly cooked in the Konkan—primarily Goa, Mangalore, and Bombay—the erstwhile ''Estado da Índia Portuguesa'' colony. What came to India was the version popular from Alentejo region of Portugal, to which the native Goan Christians and East Indians added their own flavors. It is also prepared in northeastern Brazil. The word "''Sarapatel''{{-"}} literally means "confusion", referring to the mish-mash of ingredients which include pork meat and offal (which includes heart, liver, tongue, and even pork blood sometimes). However, blood is rarely used in the modern-day version since pure blood is difficult to acquire. The meat is first parboiled, then diced and sauteed before being cooked in a spicy and vinegary sauce.
The flavourings and spices differ from region to region, for example, some use more vinegar. The size of the pieces also varies, as does cooking technique: some sauté the meat prior to cooking it in the sauce, while others add the diced parboiled meat directly to the sauce.
In Goa and Mangalore, ''sorpotel'' is often accompanied by "''Sanna''{{-"}}—a spongy, white, and slightly sweet steamed rice and coconut bread. However, it can also be eaten with ''Pão'', on cooked rice, or in a bun as a sandwich.
<gallery class="center" mode="packed" heights=220> File:Sarapatel.jpg|Portugal's "''Sarapatel''{{-"}}, served at a restaurant in Algés. File: Goa_Sorpotel.jpg|Goa's homestyle "''Sorpotel''{{-"}}, a picquant pork gravy </gallery>
==See also== * Cabidela * Dinuguan
==External links== * [http://www.recipezaar.com/126552 Sorpotel Recipe] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724044409/http://www.rossomak.net/modules.php?name=Christmas-MM&page=Sorpotel.html About Sorpotel] * [https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/food-story-how-sorpotel-travelled-from-brazil-to-india/ Food Story: How Sorpotel travelled from Brazil to India]
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