Sorpotel: Father Warner D’souza on why the Goan dish is his celebratory dish
Updated On: 26 December, 2023 08:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
There are many dishes that are cooked for Christmas but for Father Warner D’Souza of St Stephen’s Church in Cumbala Hill, the humble sorpotel trumps all. In part three of this series, Mid-day Online speaks to the city priest on his Christmas memories and his popular celebratory dish
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For Father Warner D`Souza, the Goan pork sorpotel is a celebratory dish because it is humble but is yet at the centre of people`s Christmas celebrations. Photo Courtesy: Father Warner D`Souza
Unlike most other people, Mumbai priest Father Warner D’Souza, says he has unconventional memories of Christmas and the festive season. They do not include lavish feasts but rather a close and humble family affair. “We didn`t grow up with privilege. We had enough to live but not enough for luxury,” he says, continuing, “It was when Crawford Market had Rs 20 disgusting looking stockings with toys in it,” he laughs. However, as a child receiving stockings with trinkets in it was good he says because all children want is something that fascinates them. “We never got all that,” he shares.
Instead, D’Souza’s mother, being a creative person, would decorate a very large tree that somebody had bought the family for free from America. “Every year, part of the tree would go bare, and she would make us paint the baubles and she would make it look absolutely gorgeous,” he reminisces. It was not only the decorations but also the lead up to Christmas making sweets with his mother that was an exciting time. “I learned how to roll kulkuls on well-washed combs, how to fry nevris and make milk cream, and one time even that went brown because we kept it too long. So, for me, Christmas was coming together, which is the joy of Christmas and making them rather than picking them out of a stall,” he shares, taking us all to the time we have grown up helping our mothers and family make Christmas sweets.
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