Crab Curry
I was not a big fan of crab when I was growing up. But now I like it a lot and so does the kid. When it comes to seafood, I am very picky and like only the traditional konkani preparation. This is my mother’s recipe for kurle ambat. I have no idea how to clean the crab. I get the cooked snow crab clusters, break them into small pieces and use in my preparation.
Here is a step by step prepartion of the crab curry. If you are using fresh raw crab, then you will have to clean it before using in the curry.
Ingredients
- Cooked snowcrab - 2
- Chopped onion - 1 big or 2 small
- Green chillies (optional) - 2
- Grated coconut - 3/4th cup
- Tamarind - a small marble sized
- Coriander seeds - 1.5 teaspoons
- Turmeric - A pinch
- Red chilles - 5 to 6
- Salt to taste
Method
- Cut the crab into pieces (I cut the frozen and cooked snow crab).
- Add the chopped onions, green chillies, some water and salt to it and boil. This step didnt take more than 5 minutes long for me as the crab was already cooked.
- Meanwhile dry roast the coriander seeds and red chillies. The crab curry is usually made less on the spicy side because the crab meat is sweet.
- Grind the roasted mixture with coconut, tamarind and turmeric powder to a smooth paste.
- Once the crab and onion mixture is cooked, add this ground paste to it and give a good boil.
- Crab curry is ready to be savored with rice.
Preparation time: 15 minutes Cook time: 10-12 minutes.