Grandma's Spicy Crab Curry

Name: Grandma's Spicy Crab Curry
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 kg Crab; 13 Onion big sized; 25 Shallots; 4 +1 Tomatoes big sized (medium); 1.5 tablespoons Fennel Seeds; 2 tablespoons Garlic chopped; 3 Green Cardamom; Cloves 9; 3 Red chillies; 3 crushed Bay Leaves large; 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic paste; 1 tablespoon Turmeric powder; 2 tablespoons Red chilli powder; 1 tablespoon Coriander powder; 3/4 tablespoons Garam Masala powder; 3 tablespoons or as preferred Black Pepper powder; 1.5 tablespoon Cumin powder; 3 teaspoons or as preferred Salt; 4 tablespoons Sunflower Oil; 100 ml Sesame Oil; as needed Water; 3-4 fistful roughly chopped Curry Leaves; 2 fistful roughly chopped Cilantros

Swathi Joshnaa Sathish @cook_12636321

Riyadh

This Spicy Crab Curry is a traditional South Indian style curry . This curry is one of the signature recipes of my late grandmother . This fiery crab curry is my family ‘s all time favorite . Relish this lip smacking , curry leaves flavored crab curry in winters and warm up yourselves . Traditionally, every purée and spice mentioned in the recipe is ground manually for the best taste . This crab curry also goes well with hot Idlis and spongy dosas. #curry #Post3

Swathi Joshnaa Sathish @cook_12636321

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Ingredients

30minutes

6 servings

2 kgCrab
13Onion big sized
25Shallots
4 +1Tomatoes big sized (medium)
1.5 tablespoonsFennel Seeds
2 tablespoonsGarlic chopped
3Green Cardamom
Cloves9
3Red chillies
3 crushedBay Leaves large
1 tablespoonGinger Garlic paste
1 tablespoonTurmeric powder
2 tablespoonsRed chilli powder
1 tablespoonCoriander powder
3/4 tablespoonsGaram Masala powder
3 tablespoons or as preferredBlack Pepper powder
1.5 tablespoonCumin powder
3 teaspoons or as preferredSalt
4 tablespoonsSunflower Oil
100 mlSesame Oil
as neededWater
3-4 fistful roughly choppedCurry Leaves
2 fistful roughly choppedCilantros

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Steps

30minutes

1

Take 13 big sized roughly chopped onions in a blender.
Add required water and grind to a smooth and thick purée. Keep it aside.
2

In the same blender, add 3 green cardamom and 1.5 tablespoons fennel seeds.
Add 9 cloves.
Add 2 tablespoons chopped garlic.
Add 25 shallots.
Add required water and grind into a smooth thick paste. Keep this also aside.
3

Then blend 4 large tomatoes into a purée. Keep it aside for later use.
Heat 4 tablespoons sunflower oil and 100ml sesame oil in a wide Handi.
Drop 3 crushed bay leaves, 3 red chillies in the hot oil.
4

Sauté quickly until rawness leaves.
Then add fistful chopped curry leaves.
Cover the Handi and cook for 5 minutes till purée shows discoloration.
When the onion purée is cooked well,
Pour in the ground tomato purée.
5

After frying the chillies, add the ground onion paste.
Add in the shallot and fennel paste as well.
Sauté all until rawness leaves.
Add in a teaspoon salt in between while sautéing the onion paste.
Add 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste.
6

Add remaining salt as preferred.
Pour 200 ml water. Cover and cook until ingredients combine well.
When curry has reached it's finest texture,
add in extra curry leaves.
Add 3 tablespoons black pepper.
7

Add 1 medium tomato finely chopped.
Mix all. Cover the Handi and cook until tomato purée is well cooked, Curry turns little dark.
When the curry boils, add 1 tablespoon turmeric powder.
Add 1 tablespoon coriander powder.
Add 2 tablespoons red chilli powder.
8

Mix. Add 2 kg cleaned crabs. Push the crab in the curry,
Cover and cook for 15 minutes in medium heat until crab is cooked well, turns orange in colour.
In between add another fistful chopped curry leaves for flavor.
After cooking the crab, add 3/4 tablespoon garam masala powder.
9

Add 1.5 tablespoons cumin powder.
Mix and allow the curry to boil until thick consistency achieved. By this time oil oozes on top.
Add in 2 fistful chopped cilantros. Cover and Dum cook in slow for another 5 minutes. Switch off.
Grandma’s Spicy Crab Curry is ready.Serve hot with steamed rice.This flavorful curry is
undoubtedly delicious. Perfect for this winter season. Slurp.
My Tip:
Add chopped curry leaves to enrich the flavor of the curry.

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Swathi Joshnaa Sathish @cook_12636321

on January 23, 2019 15:02

Riyadh

Software Engineer by qualification , Teacher by choice , food blogger by passion . Anytime a foodie :) Singing ad martial arts are my other interests.