After my last visit to India, I was so badly longing for the crab curry. Most of the time I won’t get fresh crabs, yesterday I found nice & fresh blue crab in Asian market near by our place . So I thought to make my home style Crab curry, this recipe I learned from my chithi (my mom’s younger sister). My aunt really cooks very well, especially the sea foods. She is the one, who taught me to clean crab, fish & prawns. I always enjoyed watching her technique and delicate handling in cooking the seafoods.
Today’s recipes really easy & tasty dish from Southern Part of India.
Ingredients:
Blue crab – 2 lb / 4 nos. (cleaned)
Shallots – 10 nos. (grounded)
Tomato – 1 no. (grounded)
Ginger, garlic & green chili paste – 1 1/2 tbsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Freshly grounded pepper – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Grind into Paste;
Fresh Coconut chopped – 1/2 cup
Fennel seeds / sombu – 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper – 1 tsp
Tempering;
Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Jeera / cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Shallots / small onion – 1/2 cup chopped
Garlic – 3 – 5 nos (sliced)
Method:
- First ground the onion, tomato individually & keep aside.
- Keep the kadai on low flame, add oil & temper mustard & cumin seeds.
- Now add very finely sliced garlic, shallots & saute it for 2 minutes.
- Add the grounded shallots & saute it for 2 more minutes.
- After that add the ginger garlic chili paste & cook until raw flavor goes off.
- Now add the spices like turmeric, red chili, coriander powder & cook it by adding little water to the mixture (helps to not get burn the spices).
- Once the spices get cooked, now add the tomato puree & saute it for a minute.
- Add 1 cup of water & cook the mixture for 15 minutes with lid on (mean time, clean the crab).
- Now add the cleaned crabs, cover it with lid & cook it for 10 minutes.
- Now finely add the grounded coconut mixture to the curry, mix it well & cook it for 5 – 6 minutes.
- Garnish with fried curry leaves & freshly grounded black pepper.
- Serve it hot with cooked rice & enjoy !!!
Hints;
- After cleaning the crabs, don’t let them stay long time on the counter top, it may looses it’s flavor & taste. So always clean the crab right before adding in to the curry.
- Adding lots of pepper to the crab curry helps to clear throat infection, good digestion & helps to maintain the body temperature.
How to Clean the Crab?
- Remove the shell from back of the crab.
- Clean & remove all intestinal parts.
- Cut it into half for cooking.
Very nice recipe. Will definitely try this one. Do visit my blog to see how Rava fish fry Mangalore style is made.https://savourexoticwithsari.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/mangalore-rava-fry-king-fish-low-oil-usuage/
My mouth is watering… what a gorgeous crab curry! Yum!!!
Thank u…
Beautiful photos, looks so good! 🙂
Best dish seems to the yummy, I should try.
Tried this recipe last Sunday, just can’t relish the taste till now. Awesome yummy taste.
My first crab cooking with this masala just simply superb…….hmmmnnn yum yum.
thank you mercy
Tried it today, so good and authentic taste. Love it. Thank you
Tried this recipe today, came out very well. Thank you…..
Thank you