CRAB 🦀 CURRY

An absolute favourite, served this with hot steamed rice and surmai fish rice. What else do you need on a rainy ☔🌧️ day. This is Karwar style preparation😊

Recipe in the you tube link:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Z-Yb9F8tadg?feature=share4

Ingredients:

· Crab - 7-8 medium sized

· Salt

· Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

· Onion – 1 medium (finely chopped)

For curry masala:

· Freshly grated Coconut - 1 cup

· Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp

· Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp (slightly roasted)

· Mustard seeds – ½ tsp (slightly roasted)

· Methi seeds – less than ¼ tsp (slightly roasted)

· Black pepper – 8-10 in nos. (slightly roasted)

· Bedgi Mirchi – 7-8 (slightly roasted)

· Vatehuli (in kannada) – 4-5 (this is used for sourness)

· Garlic - 6-7

Method:

· Clean the crabs and keep it aside.

· To make the masala for the curry, grind all the above ingredients into a fine paste.

· Now take a utensil of your choice, add coconut oil and fry the onions till it is translucent.

· Now add the cleaned crab and cover it with a lid. Keep the flame on medium heat. Add salt.

· Now pour the curry masala and adjust the water as per your preference. Cover and cook,

· Let the curry come to a boil, turn off the flame.

· Serve it hot with steamed rice.