Well, it was my long time desire to taste crab curry but i'm not pretty sure how to cook it. The thing i had no clue was regarding the cleaning process, but it was easy:). Luckily this weekend, my friend shiney invited us for lunch and guess what??Yeah it was THE CRAB!!! Wow i was super excited and asked her to start the process after our arrival so that i can learn the techniques. I clicked everything with my mobile camera and yeah sorry for the bad image quality, see how i love my blog :p. We had it with steamed rice and the taste was slurpp…awesome... A big thanks to shiney sangeeth:). I'm just sharing her recipe in my words.. You can expect various versions of crab curry in future….
Ingredients:
| Whole Crab | 8 |
| Big onion | 1 (big) |
| Tomato | 1 (big) |
| Chilly Powder | 2 tspoon or to your tolerance level |
| Green chilly | 3 (medium) |
| Garam Masala Powder | 2 tspoon |
| Turmeric Powder | 1/2 tspoon |
| Tamarind (optional) | 1 gooseberry size (Soak in hot water and extract the juice) |
| Salt | to taste |
For grinding:
| Garlic | 20 to 25 cloves |
| Cumin seeds | 2 tspoon |
Preparation:
How to clean crab:
(1) If crab is live, kill it (:p) by dipping it in hot water/hot running water (We used both kitchen wash base for entire cleaning).
(2) Take a crab. On the bottom side of the crab there is a flap like thing which will be in some triangular shape. See the picture.
(3) Lift that using hand or with a knife and pull away the top shell (other side) just like opening a box by holding the bottom of crab with one hand. Remove that shell. Gently scrape away the gills on either side and remove the intestine which runs down the centre (don't remove the flesh part). Remove the yellow layers in the cavity. Rinse the crab in running water/water and remove unwanted dirt/mucus like stuffs from the crab.
(4) After removing the dirt of all the crabs, cut it in a cutting board Remove the ends from legs of the crab as shown in below picture. You can use the whole shell (centre part) or can cut into two. Use a sharp knife/back of a knife to break it.
(5) Have a look at a clean crab:) (You can first remove the legs one by one or you can keep it with the centre part, don't throw away the legs, they are edible).
There are lot many videos in youtube demonstating how to clean the crab. Click here.
How to Cook Crab Curry
(1) Chop onion and tomato into slices. Keep it aside.
Enjoy the crab curry with boiled rice/appam…
(2) Grind garlic and cumin seeds in a mixer and make a fine paste by sprinkling little water. Keep it aside.
(3) Now heat oil in a bottomed kadai/vessel. Add onion slices, green chilly with little salt. Saute till onion changes light brown. Now add tomato and saute till tomato turns juicy.
(4) Add the ground paste to it and mix well. Now add chilly powder, garam masala and turmeric powder. Saute till the raw smell leaves and oil separates. Pour tamarind paste and add little salt. You can add add 1/4 cup of water if you find the masala dried. Mix well. Your masala for crab is now ready. To this add the crab pieces.
(5) Mix well. Make sure to coat all crab pieces with masala. Close the vessel with a lid and allow to cook for some 15 to 20 minutes in medium flame.
(6) Mix the crab pieces with masala in between cooking by opening the lid. Your crab curry is now ready.
Tips:
- Adjust spiciness according to your tolerance level.
- Eating crabs develops lot of heat in your body. Drink more water.
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