Kuswar is a term often used to mention a set of unique Christmas goodies which are part of the cuisine of the Goan Catholic community of Goa and the Mangalorean Catholic community of Karnataka, India. There are as many as 22 different traditional recipes that form this distinct flavour of Christmas celebration in Goa and Mangalore. Kuswar originally hails from Goa, India.
Goan Catholics' kuswar contains as many as 22 different traditional recipes that form this distinct flavour of Christmas celebration in Mangalore. Perada (Guava cheese) are a confection made from savory green guavas and sugar. Kidyo or Kulkuls are a semolina based confection flavoured with coconut and cardamom. Neuero or Neuries are dough mixed with coconut, cashew nuts, raisins and cardamom and then deep fried. Bebik (Bebinca) is a layered baked dessert made with flour, sugar, coconut milk and ghee. Doce (Doce de Grao) is a sweet made using chickpeas and coconut. Marzipan a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Bolinhas are small cakes also known as coconut cookies made with Grated Coconut, sugar, semolina, egg yolks and butter, they are flavoured with cardamom shaped round with markings on top and baked gently. Nankatais resemble Snow balls, are made from Sugar, Butter, and flour beaten until light and white. Flavoured with vanilla and cardamom, rolled round and lightly baked. Baath is a moist rich coconut tart baked in a large round shape with pastry lattice work on top Flavoured with cardamom and currants, once baked its cut into pieces and served surrounded with the other sweets on the festive sweet tray. Kormolas are sweet coconut pastry rolled out cut in squares and hand shaped into flower buds. Pinarg (Pinaca) are cutlets like sweets made from jaggery and crushed rice. Mango Miskut are confection made from mango pulp and sugar. Tuelinnas (Tuelinnas de Coco) are a sweet made from scrapped coconut. Dodol are a type of jaggery and rice pudding.
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hip hoppin’ up to the mic not hoppin’ on the rude boy tip I’m makin’
suckers kinda tipsy ‘cause I’m
constantly lippy lippy people tend to shut up cause I’m shuttin’ ‘em down down is where you’ll be
headed if you’re stepping’ in my direction direction provided steel town is where I’m residin’ residin’
in my mind is all the thoughts of leavin’ you blind blind to what surrounds when my lyrics reach your
ear drum drum and base is all I need to wipe out so called champions
now I rock rhymes that make a lot of sense don’t talk nonsense at all when I’m shootin’ this ill type
scripture so everybody gets the picture that my shits boom bap so everybody step back
ohhh-a-aaaah hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
critics want to tell me that I’m causin’ too many crossovers with the genres that I’m choosin’
abusin’ the system of creativity but rules are meant to be broken as you are witnessing here comes
the drunken mountie able and willing I’m shooting lyrics that kill getting everybody high put you
fists in the sky no longer will I have to struggle with the lame idea that music is becomin too
predictable susceptible to media hype and all the hype that surrounds you when I’m rocking the mic
when I’m rocking the mic ya
ohhh-a-aaaah hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
puddem up puddem up
so it seems you want to fight fight for what is right or so it seems or so it seems seems like it’s the time
time to set it off off with your head head to head I’m challengin’ emcees mentally successfully successfully
I’m climbin’ up the ladder and you’re looking behind you but it’s too late I just zipped by you,
with out the use of force force my way into your mind mind over matter matter resolve resolve it quick and diligent
diligent and efficiently efficiently smoking emcees yes I’m smoking emcees
now I rock rhymes that make a lot of sense don’t talk nonsense all when I’m shootin this il type
scripture so everybody gets the picture that my shits boom bap so everybody step back
ohhh-a-aaaah hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
puddem up puddem up
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation