Goan prawn curry (Ambot tik)
Goan prawn curry (Ambot tik)

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Ambot Tik or authentic Goan Prawn Curry with Coconut is a spicy, sour, shrimp curry from Goa and tastes like heaven over steamed rice! This dish typically uses prawns or shark, but you can also make it with another firm-fleshed fish or chicken. Serve this hot and sour Goan curry with steamed white rice or sannas, steamed Goan rice cakes. About Goan Prawn Curry Recipe: Also known as Ambot Tik, Goan prawn curry has prawns cooked in coconut milk with a spicy gravy made of turmeric, black pepper, vinegar and coconut.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have goan prawn curry (ambot tik) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Goan prawn curry (Ambot tik):
  1. Prepare 250 gms Prawns fresh or frozen
  2. Get 1/4 cup coconut grated
  3. Get 1 cup coconut milk (1st extract)
  4. Prepare 8-10 Kashmiri red chillies
  5. Get 1 tbsp pepper corn
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp Cumin
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp Coriander
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric
  9. Prepare 6-7 cloves garlic
  10. Take 4 tbsp refined oil. You can also use coconut oil if you prefer
  11. Get 1/2 inch grated ginger
  12. Get Bunch curry leaves
  13. Take Ball sized tamarind
  14. Take 1/2 cup chopped onions
  15. Take 1 cup chopped tomatoes
  16. Make ready to taste Salt

Goan Ambotik is a classic recipe hailing from the west of India. Cooked traditionally with fish the key to this recipe is the use of fresh coconut rather than coconut milk. I've used prawn in my recipe as the sweetness of the prawns is perfect with the hot and sour flavours of the gravy. The meaning of Ambot is sour and tik is spicy in portugese and here comes another portugese In the meantime grind the above masala ingredients with a little water to get the ambot tik masala.

Instructions to make Goan prawn curry (Ambot tik):
  1. Wash and clean the prawns. If using frozen ones, then soak the prawns in water for about 15 mins, to defrost. Then wash them at least once or twice. Keep aside
  2. In a blender, add coconut, Kashmiri red chilli, peppercorns, cumin, coriander, turmeric, tamarind, garlic, coconut milk and blend into a smooth paste.
  3. Add 4 tbsps of oil to a pan, once heated add in the curry leaves. Chopped onions, ginger and sauté over medium heat, until the onions turn translucent.
  4. Then add in the chopped tomatoes and salt. Sauté until the tomatoes turn mushy.
  5. Then add the masala paste and fry it, till the raw smell goes off and the oil starts leaving the sides.
  6. In goes the cleaned prawns. Add a lil water and let it cook on sim, till the prawns are cooked. Prawns takes very little time to cook, max 5 mins. Once they curl inwards, they are cooked.
  7. Serve with hot steamed rice and you have one soul satisfying meal on your plate.

I've used prawn in my recipe as the sweetness of the prawns is perfect with the hot and sour flavours of the gravy. The meaning of Ambot is sour and tik is spicy in portugese and here comes another portugese In the meantime grind the above masala ingredients with a little water to get the ambot tik masala. You can then add the tomatos and fry then for a while, just like the prawn xeque xeque make sure that the. 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.

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