CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Breadmaking was introduced in Goa by the Portuguese ( pao is the Portuguese word for bread). Traditionally, poders-as those skilled in breadmaking were known-were mainly from the Catholic community from the villages in south Goa. In the past, every village had its bakery, or bakeries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pao is Portuguese for bread, and the Goan bread-maker is known locally as poder, an adaptation of the Portuguese padeiro. “The toddy, locally known as sur, used to leaven the bread, gave it a distinctive character that is quite impossible to replicate with any other kind of yeast.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The baker is called a pader in Goa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Goan historian Dr Fatima da Silva Gracias writes in her book Cozinha de Goa: History and Tradition of Goan Food that the Portuguese Jesuits taught bread baking to locals in the villages of Salcete in South Goa in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -A baker from Goa is a story that relates to the time when there was Portuguese rule in Goa. The story is of a baker living in a Goan village. During those times people ate loaves of bread. These were made in big furnaces.