Indian Crab Curry Food

KERALA BOATMAN'S CRAB CURRY

Steps:

• Pick over crab meat to remove any bits of shell and cartilage. Chop onion and mince garlic. Peel gingerroot and mince. Wearing protective gloves, break chiles into 1-inch pieces and reserve, along with any seeds.
• In a 4- to 5-quart kettle heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and cook mustard seeds until they begin to pop. Stir in onion, garlic, gingerroot, reserved chiles with seeds, and peppercorns and cook, stirring, until chiles are just browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in other spices until combined well. Add crab and cook mixture, gently stirring occasionally (avoid breaking up crab), about 4 minutes.
• While crab mixture is cooking, chop cilantro. Stir cilantro into crab mixture with coconut milk and salt and simmer until slightly thickened, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Spoon curry over rice and garnish with scallion greens.

INDIAN CRAB CURRY

Steps:

• Mash the tamarind with your fingers to mix it well into the water.
• Grind the mixture well to make a smooth paste (also called masala ).
• Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste.

INDIAN CRAB CURRY

Steps:

• Firstly dice the crab and wash it properly.
• Take a tawa or pan add little oil. Once hot add fennel seed and cumin seed-. When they crackle.
• Add 2 sliced onion. Keep one onion aside for Tadka.
• Now put Garlic cloves, desiccated coconut, 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves, Ginger and green chilies. Saute until onion all mixture becomes dark brown. Combine this fried mixture in the grinder. This mixture is of fried onion, ginger-garlic, cumin seed, coriander leaves, green chilies and desiccated coconut. Grind until it forms a smooth paste. Add little water if required.
• Take little oil. Add now fresh grated coconut to it.
• Saute until they are brown.
• Grind to form a smooth paste. Add water if required.
• Get a wok or vessel add 3 tbsp Oil. Add the remaining chopped onion. Saute for 2 mins on low flame.
• Add tomatoes and saute for a minute.
• Mix all spices except salt. Stir for sometime.
• Let the mixture become brown. Roughly after 5 to 6 mins.
• Add the fresh coconut spice paste to the curry. Its time to add crabs to it.
• Combine well. Now add the desiccated coconut paste to the gravy.
• Check the consistency add water as required. Stir well cover with a lid for 5 mins. Stir again. Once the curry starts bubbling add salt as per taste.
• After 3 to 4 mins taste the curry. See if more salt or spice required. Switch off the gas. Your Crab Curry is ready now.
• Before Serving garnish with coriander leaves. Serve This Crab curry with Pav, Bread Or Rotis. This crab curry goes well with steamed rice.