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Catfish Ambot Tik

Ambot Tik yet another Goan speciality. ‘Ambot’ means 'sour' and ‘Tik’ means 'spicy' in Konkani language. Here, I have used dry kokum and vinegar as the souring agent and red dry chilies for the spice. Enjoy this Goan specialty along with hot steamed rice! Prepared this ambot tik today with the catfish caught by my husband who is very fond of fishing.
  • Passive
    15 minutes
  • Prep
    10 minutes
  • Cook
    25 minutes
  • Servings
    4 People

Ingredients

For the 'Masala Paste':-
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 6 Garlic cloves
  • 1/2 inch Ginger Piece
  • 1/2 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves
  • 15 Black Pepper Cons
  • 6 Kashmiri chilies
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 tbsp Vinegar
  • 1/8 tsp Granulated white sugar
Other Ingredients:-
  • 1 small Onion (finely chopped)
  • 2 small Tomatoes (finely chopped)
  • 500 grams Catfish
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • 6 Dry Kokum
  • Vinegar (more if deisred)

Instructions

  • 1 Wash and Clean the catfish.
  • 2 Cut into desired pieces. Apply salt and keep aside for at least 15 minutes.
  • 3 Keep all ingredients for the 'masala paste' ready.
  • 4 Grind the masala with sufficient water and vinegar mentioned in the ingredients and keep aside.
  • 5 In a vessel, add 3 tbsp oil, fry onion till soft. Fry tomatoes till soft.
  • 6 Add the ground masala , fry for a minutes.
  • 7 Add the fish and kokum. Mix well, cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • 8 Add 1 cup water , cover and cook.
  • 9 Cook till fish is done. (Check for salt and vinegar, add more if desired). Serve hot with steamed rice!
 

42 Comments

  1. Hi Xanti

    Thank you very much. I leave in Canada. Pls include me in your mail list and pls email me your recipies. If you have a book – I can buy it

    Thank you and God Bles
    Peppie Fernandes
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    1. Hi Peppie
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      1. Lvly recipes. Thank you
        For a person like who don’t know cooking very.useful to me. Thank you

        1. Thanks Mary
          Do try out some recipe and share your feedback with me 😊

    2. I am trying your receipe for the first time and making and eating sangta for the first time as well. My husband likes ambottik v much . Thank you

      1. Thanks Keerti …
        Happy ti know that you liked the ambot tik preparation … do try out some more recipes on my website and share your feedback 😊👍🏻

  2. Sounds so yummy!

    1. Thanks Lorraine, do try it out 🙂

  3. I love all your recipes as you are well aware .I just copied Ambotik from your website .I also saved the link for Chaklis and the prawn and pumpkin link you sent .
    You are a godsend , may God Shower you with abundant Blessings always !!!!!

    1. Thanks so much Verena for the appreciation 🙂

  4. Hi Xanti..love yr recipes easy to follow n cook…not to mention the stepwise explanation…god bless

    1. Hi Margaret
      Thanks for your lovely comments and your appreciation, that means a lot to me. Do try out some recipes and do share your feedback with me 🙂 Thanks

  5. Hi Xanti…the amotik was lovely. Tried it with sardines instead of catfish.
    Crispina

    1. Hi Crispina

      Thanks for sharing your feedback with me …Happy to know that the recipe turned out good 🙂

  6. Thanks for the lovely recipe

    1. Thank you Arul

  7. Thank you for the awesome recipe Xanti. I love ambot tik and the curry turned out to be perfect. My husband loved it too.
    Also tried your roast recipe and that too was a hit.
    Thanks for taking the effort in putting the recipes together.

    1. Thanks maya for trying out the recipes and sharing your lovely feedback with me 🙂 Do try out the other Goan dishes as well 🙂 Thanks once again !Cheers !!!

  8. I live in New Zealand. We don’t get catfish or Goan vinegar, I used prawns with potatoes and Apple Cider vinegar instead. Was delicious. Thanks for sharing

    1. Wow ! That’s great to hear 😊…thanks for sharing your experience and your feedback

  9. Could you please suggest any other fish apart from shark and cat fish or this recipe?

  10. I’m going to try this out today. Someone gave me a few Sangtam
    Today. I have never made this before. Actually I have been trying out new recipes since I found your blog. Thank you for taking time to share the recipes. God Bless.

    1. Hi Maria
      Please check out more recipes specially almost all Goan recipes are on my website… Thanks you 🙂

  11. Hi xan’t I am a Goan and I love cooking and my favourite is cat fish as my favourite and I am eating this fish after donkey’s years I am going to make ambotik

    1. Sure Aloma, do give this recipe a try and share your feedback :)cheers !

  12. I have tried the Amot Tik. It came out really good. You are extremely talented.

    1. Thanks Richard for trying the ambot tik and for sharing your feedback with me 😊glad you liked it … and thanks again for appreciating my work

  13. Maam I tried this amotik recipe it came out really good u are extremely talented thanks for sharing such scrumptious recipes.. God bless u and ur family

    1. Hi melony
      Thanks for trying the ambot Tik recipe and for sharing your lovely feedback with me 😊

  14. I have a lot of your recipes and it was of great help but am having a problem with salt ,it either comes more salty or less ,any tips on this,other wise your recipies came out good ,thank you for making things easy for people like us ,god bless you

    1. Hi Jerry
      Add little salt at the beginning , taste and add more or atop adding as required

  15. Hi Xanti. Ur recipes r awesome. I keep trying n really love them.Cud u add goan wedding toastie recipe….its with liver paste.

    1. Hi mendes
      Thanks for your appreciation and thanks for trying out my recipes and for your feedback ,
      I will try to put up the recipe

  16. it was graet
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    1. Thanks 😊

  17. It’s locked down in Goa.. Got a couple of monster catfish.. And going to have a go ambottik.. no kokum.. anything else I can use instead??

    1. Hi Kevin
      Use a little vinegar as per taste (not too much , add little at a time and taste ) .

  18. Hi Xanti ! I tried ur recipe and it turned out amazing. Thank you

    1. Thanks Jessie so much for sharing your feedback 😊

  19. Hi Xanti wanted to know what are the procedures to make more gravy,like for,ambot tik,jeerem meerem,solantulem,for pickles,as on recipes the taste comes excellent but there’s want of gravey as adding more water the thickness goes and the thin gravy goes underneath the rice, otherwise no complaints on your recipes they are excellent,thank you .

  20. Hi Xanti, I’m a pure vegetarian, no, not even eggs!!! But I love Goan food and replace the meat or fish with vegetables. I know the blasphemy!!! Still tastes amazing… Just enjoyed rice and fish curry (sans the fish) today…. Thanks for your blog!!

    1. Vishaka, Glad you modified it to your needs. Enjoy it!

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