Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 to 35 mins
Serves: 3 to 4
Coconut Oil - 4 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Onion - 1 large chopped finely
Green Chilli - 2 slit
Curry Leaves a handful
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder - 1 tblspn
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
For Cooking Crab:
Crab - 4 medium size cleaned
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
Water - ½ cup
Method:
Take cleaned crab in a sauce pan, add ½ cup of water and salt, turmeric powder and mix well. Cover and cook them for 3 mins. Now strain this mix and set aside, reserve the cooking water.
In a kadai, heat oil and crackle in cumin and fennel seeds.
Add in onions, green chilli and curry leaves and saute this till golden brown.
Add in ginger garlic paste and cook that for a min.
Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
Add in the spice powders and salt along with little of the cooking water and mix well. Cook that for 5 mins or so.
Now add in the crab and toss well in the masala. Add the remaining water and cook covered for 5 to 6 mins.
Now increase the heat and dry the dish for a min.
Add coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve
CHECK THIS POST TO LEARN HOW TO CLEAN A CRAB:
Pictorial:
clean crab and set aside |
take it in a sauce pan |
add water |
add salt and turmeric powder |
cover and cook for 3 mins |
now the crab is half cooked |
strain it |
reserve the cooking water |
now take your other ingredients |
heat oil in a pan |
add in cumin seeds and fennel seeds |
add onions, curry leaves and green chilli |
mix well |
cook till golden |
add in ginger garlic paste |
mix well |
add in tomatoes |
mix that through |
cook for 5 mins or so till it is done |
add salt and spice powders |
add in some of the cooking water |
cook till spice powders are cooked |
add crab |
toss well |
add remaining cooking liquid |
mix well |
cover and cook for 5 to 6 mins |
now it is done |
add coriander leaves |
toss well |
Serve |
Anonymous
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sophia phillips
I tried your recipe and it tasted so good. Thank you
Hillary
Nice pictorial representation..the dish looks yummy..its a must try..
Anonymous
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Anonymous
how many tomatoes
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Dr Soundarya
Hi Aarthi
Can u pls post some Andhra and Chettinad styles of crab recipes da