Chau Marya: Healthy Goan food and fatherly love, @ Gogol, Margao, July 2023
Chau Marya in Gogol, Margao serves the intimate flavours of Goa’s home kitchens, like faw (poha), sheera (halwa), moong bhaji, and of course, chau (tea).
Costs we paid: teezan Rs 30, sheera Rs 40, mix bhaji Rs 45, ros omelette Rs 50, chicken cutlet pao Rs 100, moong bhaji Rs 30, chicken burger Rs 200
Chau Marya is located between Mascot pet shop and Asian Paints in Ferreira Garden on St Joachim Road (Sonsoddo road), near Chowgule College in Gogol, Margao. It’s between Bolshe Circle and the turnoff for Chowgule College from Gogol.
Timings: 7.30 am-12 pm, 4 pm-8 pm; Sundays CLOSED
To our surprise, we found that Chau Marya serves Goan's favourite comfort food, teezan (millet drink). A drink or porridge made of malted nachni (ragi/finger millet), teezan is a healthy, energy boosting drink which has been powering Goans through the day for ages. Even if you have just teezan and nothing else for breakfast, it’s enough.
We quickly order sheera, chau, bhaji pao and a big cup of teezan. The ros omelette also looks very tempting and we order that too.
The sheera is nice, with lots of ghee. The ros omelette is very good
Then, we had the teezan. Teezan is what your grandma made for your mother and what your mother made for you. When you’re ill, you’re given teezan. This is the most healthy breakfast one can have. Teezan they have mostly after delivery and after operation also. The wound heals faster. Even people going to gym have teezan. Not only does it fill you up, it gives you energy for a long time. And also, it’s delicious.
Delicious drinkable teezan is made with cow’s or coconut milk, and palm jaggery. The same combinations can be cooked till thick and set into a cold pudding. I love to have it as a pudding, preferably with some fresh mango on the side.
Nowadays, we get good malted nachni powder in Goan supermarkets, making teezan more easy to make. But at Chau Marya, they make it the old fashioned way, grinding the nachni themselves. You can never know what is inside a readymade powder, says Lui Estibeiro, owner of this cute cafe and, more importantly, a dad who is very particular about ensuring his children’s food is healthy.
And to find healthy food, he looks within his own Goan tradition and pulls out gems like teezan and mung bhaji and serves them up in his cafe.
Not only is Lui giving you healthy food to eat, he is taking you back to your roots. For that alone, we applaud Lui Estibeiro. And then we applaud him some more because what he serves is so tasty!
Just a few days later, I was back at Chau Marya for breakfast with my friend and Gogol resident, Viola. On this day, Viola enjoyed a nice, hot chicken cutlet pao and I had a hot and healthy moong bhaji with pao.
We had a lovely chat with Lui, who told us why he set up this cafe, and why he serves what he does. Lui is not a trained chef but a photographer. Running this cafe gives him a work-life balance that is better for him and his family, he says, without having to give up his passion for photography.
Apologies for the poor audio quality, due to intermittent rain.
Frankly, we are surprised to learn that he is not a professional chef, given how tasty the food is. We have tried his chicken burger (Rs 200) too. His wife even makes the burger buns for his chicken burgers.
We asked him how come he decided to serve such homely items like teezan and moong bhaji in his cafe. "Basically, if I can’t serve something to my kids from here, I don’t serve it here. Because I take food from here home for the kids," said Lui.
So now, if you want your kids to have a healthy, traditional Goan breakfast, you know where to come!
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Costs we paid: teezan Rs 30, sheera Rs 40, mix bhaji Rs 45, ros omelette Rs 50, chicken cutlet pao Rs 100, moong bhaji Rs 30, chicken burger (Rs 200)
Another great vlog - Thank you for promoting Goan restaurants, specially Coffee shops like these . Seems like a great place to enjoy proper Goan traditional dishes . Your channel has HUGE potential to be the best . Thanks again for promoting beautiful GOA and specially honest hard working Goans .
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. So nice of you
Lesley, Hats off to you once again. You are the only person I know, that covers the food, prices, everything else, plus how to get to places. Good on you young lady. You do a fabulous job. The best there is. I have yet to see that anywhere else.
@lesleyingoa
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Wow, Goans please visit this place and support our Goan brother. Food looks amazing. God bless.
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind comment
Lovely video 🎉 keep up the good work finding these gems around Goa
@lesleyingoa
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
Nice video Thanks
@lesleyingoa
4 ай бұрын
Thanks to you
Nice video Thanks madam
@lesleyingoa
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for liking
I like to watch this channel every day 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you Ma'am, its always a good read for the story you write in the description, explaining details and all the relevant things that you mention. I would love to visit this cafe the next time I am in Madgaon.
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 😊
Wow when I come to Goa I got a meet you you know all the authentic goan places to eat yum 🤤
In 🇮🇳 INDIA Goa State Madam very 👍 good U Tube Blocks Food LOVERS tanky 👍 All GOD Bless 🙏
Delicious 😋
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
It was!
Wholesome homely food!! A great idea indeed.
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
It really is!
Nice and interesting locations for goan food ❤
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Yes 😊
Love your posts, will try their Tizan next time I pass through Gogol
I love the way you explain every item and also the health benifits gained.Good going 😊
@lesleyingoa
11 ай бұрын
Thank you ☺️
can you please share the recipe for making healthy Teezan ? It can benefit many.
I love the places you go❤❤
Top channel on the you tube 😊😊😊😊😊😊
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
After watching this video I came to know this place existed. I live so closeby to this place and didnt know about it. Im always looking for a good place to have tea and snacks and thanks for giving us a picture of places and food joints to eat and chill in and around Margao. It gives me a wide range to places i can now visit based on your videos. I have been to chau marya and the owner is a very humble decent guy serving good stuff in this cafe. Nice, simple, neat, clean and home like kitchen.
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Lui is very sweet and it is wonderful how he shows that healthy food does not only mean fancy and expensive smoothies and shakes, but the good and simple things your mother made for you
Good to discover another new outlet keep exploring so most of the Goans staying in Goa does not know most of the restaurents you have visited God bless you both
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. So nice of you. God bless you
Wow the moong bhaji looks delicious 😊😊😊
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
It was. Not spicy. Ideal healthy option for kids
Delicious breakfast 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for liking
Hi Lesley, I really like your channel . Thanks for sharing all the lovely places to grab a grub . We have moved from Mumbai to Goa and its great that you are showing mostly goan eateries. We love the goan food and your recipes too. Keep up the good work of promoting goan food and goan culture. Viva Goa . Have an awesome monsoon!!
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your lovely comment and supportive words. Wish you a wonderful monsoon 🤗
@Mumbaikar_InGoa
Жыл бұрын
@@lesleyingoa Most welcome Lesley. I hope your channel garners a lot of views and likes. All the best to you!!
Teezan ? sounds good.. never heard b4
Any good restaurants serve mutton dishes near panjim?
Good morning mam how are you
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Great! How are you