Shark Ambot Tik

The meaning of Ambot is sour and tik is spicy in portugese and here comes another portugese influenced delicious dish from Goa, made with fish that has less bones, the Ambot Tik

In this recipe we make the lip smacking Shark Ambot Tik.

Shark Ambot Tik Main Ingredients:


1/2 Kg Shark (Preferably a fish without bones and is meaty like shark)
1 Onion Sliced Fine
1 Boiled and Skinned Tomato
2 Tablespoons of oil

Shark Ambot Tik Masala Ingredients:

10 Dry Kashmiri Chillies
1/2 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
4 Pepper corns
1/4" Turmeric
4 Flakes of Garlic
1/2" Piece Ginger
A Small marble sized ball of Tamarind

Procedure:

Clean and wash the fish, cut it into desired pieces, apply some salt and keep it aside.


In the meantime grind the above masala ingredients with a little water to get the ambot tik masala.

Put the two tablespoons of oil in a vessel and heat it.

Fry the onion in the oil till it turns golden brown.

You can then add the tomatos and fry then for a while, just like the prawn xeque xeque make sure that the tomato pieces are all mashed, this helps with the curry and its composition.

Add masala to the bagaar and cook it for a few minutes. Now there are two methods that you can go about with this recipe. The first one is the one we have followed..

Add the masala and fry it for a bit.

Add pieces of shark to the masala and mix them up, you can then add some water till the pieces of fish are submerged.

Cook the pieces till they are tender and this is done on a low flame.

The one we followed here is a little less time consuming, where you directly drop the fish into the masala. The second method is to first add the water, give the masala a boil with the water and bagaar, then add the fish pieces and cook on a slow flame.

Taste the dish and add salt and vinegar if necessary, you can also add the sliced green chilly to make it spicier.

You can then spread some corriander leaves, decorate the dish as per choice and serve, the Goan Shark Ambot Tik!

Prawn Xeque Xeque

Prawn Xeque Xeque, if your Goan you know how to pronounce that :), or if you are fond of Goan food. The others can keep trying, Xeque Xeque is an exotic goan dish that goes well with Sannas (Goan Speciality), Dosas (South Indian Speciality) and Fugias (East Indian Speciality).

Prawn Xeque Xeque Main Ingredients:


1 Cup Big Prawns around 20 to 25
1/2 Coconut Thick & Thin Milk with 2 Teaspoons Coriander Seeds Ground
Two Tomatoes
Two Onions
1/4" Ginger
One or Two Green Chillies
Salt

Other Ingredients:

8 Red Kashmiri Chillies
1 Teaspoon Jeera
1 Teaspoon Haldi Powder
5 - 6 Pepper Corns
1 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds
2 Cloves
6 Flakes Garlic and a Tamarind Ball

Procedure:

Clean and devien the prawns, add a pinch of salt and keep them aside.

Note that the coconut milk has to be ground with two teaspoons ofcorriander seeds.

Knock off the seeds of 4 out of the eight Kashmiri chillies, roast the dry spices of the masala ingredients on a tava, then proceed to grind the dry spices first. Then grind all the ingredients of the masala together.

Boil two tomatoes and peel off the skin.

Chop the two big onoions into fine pieces and fry them in a little oil with the julians of ginger.

After the onions turn a little brown you can add the chopped pieces of skinned boiled tomato to it.

Stir it for a little while and make sure you mash all the pieces of tomato, you do not want big pieces of Tomato.

Add the masala to the bagaar, sprinkle some water twice for the mixture to be fried well.

Add the prawns, and mix them with the masala, you can now add the green chillies or later.

Add the Coconut milk on a slow fire, you can make this dish with only thick coconut milk if you like to make the gravy thick and delicious.

If you are going to eat it with rice you may like to have some more gravy so depending on that add the thick and thin coconut milk.

Let it cook for a while on slow fire.

You can sprinkle some corriander leaves on top to decorate your Prawn Xeque Xeque, enjoy!

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