1.Crab - 3 or 4(cut and cleaned)
2. onion - 1
3.tomato - 1
4.coconut - 1 small piece
5. garlic - 3 pods
6.red chilli - 5
7.fennel seeds - 1/2tsp
8. poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
9.cumin - 3/4 tsp
10. cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick
11.curry leaves - 1 spring
12.oil - 1 tbsp
13.salt to taste
14. pepper powder - 1 tsp
Method:
Clean the crab thoroughly removing the yellow part from its body. generally a good crab should be with sky blue patterns all over it body. which on cooking turns in to an attractive orange colour. though the flesh inside this exo skeleton is meagre.. it is very rich in taste.
here we go with the method...
on a kadai.. just with a drop of oil, fry red chilli, poppy seeds, fennel seeds and cumin until they get roasted. then grind all of these with a piece of coconut to a coarse paste.
mean while, saute the onions and garlic and tomato until they become soft.
grind it in the mixer to a smooth, fine paste.
Now take a bigger vessel/kadai and add oil, then the curry leaves and let it splutter.
add the masala which is ready. stir well with salt til the raw smell goes away.
add some more water to it and bring it to boil.
once it comes to a gravy consistency add the cleaned crab pieces, stir well and cook it covered.
all the blue shell will turn in to a combination on white and crimson.add the pepper powder and let the masala get coated over the crab and leave until the oil separates from the dish. it is such a great remedy for cold.
tastes best as a starter and also with hot rice.
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