Nagli or Kane or Lady fish is abundantly available in the river near our home. So we get very fresh ones in the market. It is considered as one of the “clean fishes” as it does not have too many bones. It is easy for digestion, so when we introduce fish to babys, we start with nagli. We make few different dishes with this fish. This Nagli Ambat is one of them.
Pictorial:
Clean fish.
 
Make coconut paste. Fry onion.
 
When they turn brownish, add coconut paste and then fish.
 
 
Lady Fish Gravy (Nagli Ambat)
Nagli Ambat is a gravy prepared by cooking lady fish in a coconut gravy.
Ingredients
- 7-8 pieces of lady fish/nagli
- 1/2 cup onion
- 1 cup fresh/frozen coconut
- 4-5 red chillies
- A piece of tamarind
- 1/4 tea spn turmeric
- 1 tea spn coriander seeds
- 2 green chillies
- Oil
- Salt
Instructions
- Remove scales of lady fish and clean the fish.
- Heat a little oil and fry coriander seeds, turmeric.
- Grind them with coconut, tamarind and red chillies to a smooth paste.
- Heat oil and fry onion till they are brownish.
- Add the coconut paste, green chillies slit into two pieces and salt.
- Add little water to make it a thick gravy.
- Slowly slide in the fish and cook till they are done.
- Serve hot with rice.
Notes
Instead of cooking the coconut paste first and then adding fish, fish can be added to onions and fried for few minutes and then coconut paste is added. This gives a slightly different taste. Be very careful with the fish if this is followed. The fish is very delicate and can break down if it is mixed much
Lovely recipe! Being a fish lover, I’m always looking out for new recipes to try out. Can the same recipe be used for other varieties like seer fish?
Traditionally we make tepla ambat (gravy with teppal/tirphal) with sea fishes like seer fish. This gravy is usually prepared with river fishes. But if you don’t have access to teppal, you may try it with seer fish.
Hi could you please write a post on how to clean fish
This fish is new to me. I have no idea about this fish.
I wish Kane was available in Toronto
Will add this to our Hotel menu
Arun S
Chettinadunarayanavilas
Oh my God!! how I miss naglis…. Honnavar naglis are so out of the world. What to do… We dont get them here. :(….. Mouth watering…..
What fish would you use in USA for this curry?
I use tilapia but it doesn’t give exact same taste