Saturday, November 12, 2011

Sangta Ambot Tik (Spicy Catfish curry)

This has been my husbands favorite and that's how I learned to make this dish. My mother in law is master at this. Learning this recipe from her was fun. I still remember my courtship days when my husband asked me if I know to make sangta ambot tik( goan name of the dish). I just nodded my head to say no and i saw the disappointment on his face. He was like its a must if we going to get married :D. And that's how it began. I never tasted this before my marriage. But later I made it a point to learn it from my mother in law. When I ate it first i knew why my husband likes it so much. It's a very delicious fish curry I ever had.

Here is the authentic recipe as was taught to me by my mother in law made it. Hope you try to make it. Do let me know how it tasted and if your family liked it as well. Happy cooking.


Description: Delicious fish gravy prepared from cat fish. 

Ingredients:
7-8 pieces of Cat fish
8 Kashmiri red chilly
10-12 Black pepper
Salt to taste
Cocum
Coriander seeds
½ tsp Turmeric
8-10 Garlic flakes
1 cup grated coconut


Method:
  1. Clean the fish pieces. Apply some salt and turmeric and keep aside.
  2. Add chilies, black pepper, coriander seeds, grated coconut and garlic flakes and grind to a coarse paste with little water.
  3. In a pan add this paste and bring to a boil.
  4.  Add fish piesces and cocum at this point.
  5. Cook till the fish is done.(7-8 mins)
  6.  Add salt to taste
  7. Your delicious ambot tik is ready to eat.
  8. P.S. try to make the curry as dry as possible.

Konkani names of some common fish


Lady fish - Mudoshi
Rock bream - Haddo
Perch - Palu
Ghol(Jew fish) - Ghol
Giant sea perch - Chonak
Naked head glassy perchlet - Buranto         
Anchovy or silver belly - Velli
Promfret - Pomplet
Silver bar - Korli
Kite or Ray fish - Waghole
King fish - Viswon
Butter fish - Karchani
Barracuda - Tonki
Hilsa ilisha - Peddi
Hilsa species - Vonog
Seer fish - Surmai
Black tip shark - Pilo
Ribbon fish - Bale
Mangrove red snapper - Tamoshi
Horse mackeral - Hado bangdo
Mullet - Shevtali / Shevto
Japanese thread fin bream - Rano
Black Pompret - Sagoti (Kayi) /Halwa
Indian Mackral - Bangdo
Indian oil sardines - Tarlo
Railbow sardines - Krishranchi peddi
Sead - Konkoro
Indian dog shark - Mori
Round bellied sardines - Tarsulo
Cat fish - Sangot
Long fin cavalla - Koncar
Gold spoted anchovy - Capsali Mandli
Indian Salmon - Raus
Reef cod - Gobro
Pearl spot - Kalundar
Whip fin majarra - Shetki
Dhoma / Croakar - Dodyaro (Hodki)
Butter fish - Saudalo
Common pony fish - Khampi
Bombay duck - Bombil
Sole - Lep