Recipe - Ambot Tik (A Sour And Hot Dish)

One half kg Fish, shark, catfish or
other 'meaty' fish
Salt
10 Dried red chillies
One fourth teaspoon Cummin seeds
4 Peppercorns
1 1/4inch piece of turmeric
or
One half teaspoon Ground
4 Cloves garlic
1 1/2inch piece of ginger
1 Marblesized ball of
tamarind mixed in:
1 cup Water or equivalent of
'instant' e.g Tamcon
1 Finely cut or sliced up onion
2 tablespoon Oil

Clean and wash the fish. Cut into small steaks, rub in salt and set aside.
Grind all the other ingredients bar the onion into a paste (masala) with a
little water. Fry the onion until brown. Add the masala and fry for a
minute. Add 1 cup of water. Bring to boil then add fish. Cook on low heat
until tender. A little salt and vinegar may be added if desired.

Serve with plain boiled rice.
From archives of rec.food.recipes

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 08:20:10 GMT

From: trev@wg.icl.co.uk (Trevor Hall)