Crab Curry
Crab curry is a dish cooked in hot Indian spices, best eaten with hot rice. This fragrant and delicious seafood dish is rich in colour and flavour.
Recipe Ingredients
- 500g Crabs, cleaned and washed
- Black pepper, to taste
- Salt, to taste
- ½ Tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- 1 Tsp Mustard Seed
- 1 Tbsp Cumin Seed
- Curry Leaves, a handful
- 1 Onion, diced
- 2 Tbsp Fish Masala Powder
- 1 ½ Tsp Ginger and Garlic Paste
- 3 Tomatoes, roughly chopped
- Water, adjust to taste
- 1 Large Potato, diced
- 4 Green Chillies, whole (optional)
- Coriander, for garnish
Instructions
- 1
Heat oil over high heat in a non-stick pan.
- 2
Add the crabs, cleaned and washed, and fry for 5-6 minutes.
- 3
Season with black pepper and salt to taste, stirring to coat.
- 4
Cover briefly, then remove the crabs with a slotted spoon and keep aside.
- 5
Add fenugreek seed to the remaining oil and stir.
- 6
Add mustard seed and stir.
- 7
Add cumin seed and cook for 1 minute on medium-low heat.
- 8
Add curry leaves and stir.
- 9
Add diced onion and stir.
- 10
Add a pinch of salt.
- 11
Add fish masala powder and stir into the onions.
- 12
Add ginger and garlic paste and stir.
- 13
Add roughly chopped tomatoes and stir.
- 14
Cover and cook for 5 minutes until tomatoes soften.
- 15
Add some water and stir.
- 16
Add diced potato and stir into the sauce.
- 17
Add salt to taste and black pepper.
- 18
Add more water and stir.
- 19
Cover and cook for 20 minutes.
- 20
Add the fried crabs back into the pan and stir to combine.
- 21
Cover and cook for another 5 minutes.
- 22
Add whole green chillies, optional.
- 23
Garnish with fresh coriander.
- 24
Serve hot.
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Credits: Source: Cuisine Mauritian