Fish
Crab Curry
This particular Crab curry is a Mommy special. I have been having this curry since childhood. I just love this curry with chapatti or plain rice This Crab curry can be as hot or mild and you like however its is exotically spicy.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Serves
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- Total
- 55 min
Ingredients
- 6 big SizeCrabs
- 1/2 cupOil
- 1 ( finely chopped)Onion
- 1/4 tspGinger Garlic Paste
- 3 tspGreen Paste (Ginger-garlic-green chilli- mint)
- 3 tspMalwani Masala / Deggi Mirch Powder
- 1/2 tspGaram Masala
- 4 tspDry Cocomut
- 1/2 coconut + 3 onionOnion and Fresh coconut Paste
Method
- Step 1
To Clean the Crab
- Step 2
Prepare the crabs by washing them well.( if they are live simple add water)
- Step 3
Separate the Legs and the claws from the body.
- Step 4
Hold the crab's body in between the palms and break open the crab with the help of your fingers separating the shell from the body and pulling it apart.
- Step 5
Pull apart the gills around the body discard them as well.
- Step 6
Remove the "apron" on a crab which is like a triangle shell on the bottom of the crab.
- Step 7
Discard the shell ( as shown in the last pic)
- Step 8
To Extract the juices out of the legs
- Step 9
Grind the crab legs along with some water in a blender.
- Step 10
Then strain it through a strainer and just take the juice.
- Step 11
Discard the pulp( bottom left pic) that remains in the strainer.
- Step 12
Keep the following pastes ready
- Step 13
Coconut - Onion paste
- Step 14
In a pan add 1 tsp oil and add 3 sliced onions saute until they brown. Take it out in a plate and allow it to cool.
- Step 15
Then add 1/2 freshly ground coconut and saute until it changes color. ( do not brown too much) Take it out on a plate as well and allow it to cool.
- Step 16
Once cooled blend it along with very little water into a smooth paste and the onion and fresh coconut paste is ready.
- Step 17
Dry coconut powdered : lightly roast dry coconut and powder it.
- Step 18
Ginger Garlic Paste
- Step 19
Green Chilli paste : Coriander- Mint-Chilli - Ginger - Garlic paste
- Step 20
To make the crab curry
- Step 21
In a large deep bottomed pan heat 1/2 cup of oil.
- Step 22
Add 1 chopped onion and sauté for a minute.
- Step 23
Add the ginger Garlic paste and sauté.
- Step 24
Add the green Chilli paste and sauté for a min.
- Step 25
Add the Malwani Masala or Deggi Mirch powder and sauté well.
- Step 26
Add the cleaned crabs and the claws and mix well also adda 1/2 cup of water.
- Step 27
Add the water extracted out of the legs of the crabs and mix.
- Step 28
Adjust the desired consistency and to cover the crabs by add more water if you like.
- Step 29
Add salt and cover and cook for 7-8 minutes until the gravy comes to a boil.
- Step 30
Add the dry coconut powder and mix well.
- Step 31
Add the garam Masala powder.
- Step 32
Add the onion-coconut paste and mix well.
- Step 33
Boil the gravy for another 6-7 minutes.
- Step 34
Serve hot along with Rice / Chapati.
