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