Simple Crab Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe has a blend of good spice and coconut which makes the taste heavenly. This curry goes well with steamed rice or chapatis.
Simple Crab Curry
Cooking crab has always been my wish, but i was quite scared to clean those and cook it. I have been getting lots and lots of request from my viewers to post crab recipes. But i kind of stayed away from it. But one day as a surprise hubby got some fresh sea crabs. First i was quite scared to touch it. But i watched few videos of how to clean crab in YouTube and got courage to cook them.
Ingredients for Simple Crab Curry
- Crab - 3 large or 10 small ones Cleaned
- Onion - 1 large or 2 medium size chopped
- Tomatoes - 3 medium size chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Green Chillies - 2
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi - ½ tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Coriander Powder 1 tblspn
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 3 tblspn
For Grinding:
- Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tblspn
- Whole Pepper - 1 tsp
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
I even took a video of how to clean crab. But as a sad note that video got deleted without my notice. So couldn't post that for you, but Here is the video which i watched before cleaning, check it out. With no more delay off you go to the recipe..
How to Make Simple Crab Curry
- Take onions, tomatoes and chillies in a blender and make into a smooth puree. Set aside.
- Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and puree them to a smooth mix. Set them till use.
- Now heat oil in a kadai. Add the pureed masala and stir well.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and cook till oil separates in it.
- Now add in salt and spice powders and mix well.
- Add in cleaned crab and toss well in the masala.
- Now add in the pureed coconut masala and mix well. Add some water.
- Cover and cook for 20 mins.
- Now add coriander leaves and serve with rice.
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Simple Crab Curry Recipe
Simple Crab Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe has a blend of good spice and coconut which makes the taste heavenly. This curry goes well with steamed rice or chapatis.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 148kcal
Ingredients
- 3 large or 10 small ones Cleaned Crab
- 1 large or 2 medium size chopped Onion
- 3 medium size chopped Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 Green Chillies
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp Oil
- For Grinding:
- ½ cup grated Fresh Coconut
- 1 tbsp Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa
- 1 tsp Whole Pepper
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
Instructions
- Take onions, tomatoes and chillies in a blender and make into a smooth puree. Set aside.
- Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and puree them to a smooth mix. Set them till use.
- Now heat oil in a kadai. Add the pureed masala and stir well.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and cook till oil separates in it.
- Now add in salt and spice powders and mix well.
- Add in cleaned crab and toss well in the masala.
- Now add in the pureed coconut masala and mix well. Add some water.
- Cover and cook for 20 mins.
- Now add coriander leaves and serve with rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 96mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 303IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg
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Simple Crab Curry Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Clean your crab |
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| Take onions, tomatoes and chillies in a blender |
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| Puree them |
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| Heat oil in a kadai |
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| Add in pureed mix |
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| Stir well |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| Cook till oil separates from it |
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| Add in spices |
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| salt |
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| saute for 30 sec |
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| Add in cleaned crab |
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| toss well in the masala.. |
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| Now take coconut in a blender |
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| add in poppy seeds |
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| fennel seeds |
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| whole peppercorns |
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| puree them to a smooth mix |
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| Pour that over the curry |
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| add some water to the mixer and pour it over the crab |
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| Mix well |
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| Cover and simmer |
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| Till the crab is cooked |
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| Serve with some rice.. |
Hamaree Rasoi
Crab curry looks simply awesome and delicious. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
Roshan Radhakrishnan
http://www.godyears.net/2014/09/yummy-crab-curry.html
my family's tribute to your recipe. thank you...
Safina Syed
Aarthi can u pls say me that how can we identify that the crab is cooked
Aarthi
@Safina SyedThe shell will turn pink and it wont take longer than 15 to 20 mins
Anonymous
I only have coconut milk..cn i jst use tht???
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use that
shoba
I don't have poppy seed, what else I can use? R can I ignore it?
Aarthi
@shobaadd cashews instead
Anonymous
Hi. I used 3/4 can coconut milk and it still seems to be quite runny... anything i can do to fix that? Cook it longer? Thanks so much in advance.
Aarthi
@Anonymousboil it for little longer
Piriya Pa
Wow... looks so yummy... tried this today...
Piriya Pa
Woowww Arthi... Yo r ma inspiration to start learning to cook... whenever I wanna cook in the weekend I used to see only yours site... keep going
Anonymous
thank u so much all ur recipes come out great
Anonymous
Good recipe...came out well...thanks
Gemcy
Excellent dish. Thank you so much Aarthi for the recipe. We all loved it.
Anonymous
Great dish......everyone in my family loved it.....me too......keep bringing good recipies....
Santhana
It comes as superb. tqu
Cibino pearlsy ross
Came out perfectly.everyone loved it