An absolute favourite, served this with hot steamed rice and surmai fish rice. What else do you need on a rainy ☔🌧️ day. This is Karwar style preparation😊
Recipe in the you tube link:
Ingredients:
· Crab - 7-8 medium sized
· Salt
· Coconut oil – 1 tbsp
· Onion – 1 medium (finely chopped)
For curry masala:
· Freshly grated Coconut - 1 cup
· Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
· Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp (slightly roasted)
· Mustard seeds – ½ tsp (slightly roasted)
· Methi seeds – less than ¼ tsp (slightly roasted)
· Black pepper – 8-10 in nos. (slightly roasted)
· Bedgi Mirchi – 7-8 (slightly roasted)
· Vatehuli (in kannada) – 4-5 (this is used for sourness)
· Garlic - 6-7
Method:
· Clean the crabs and keep it aside.
· To make the masala for the curry, grind all the above ingredients into a fine paste.
· Now take a utensil of your choice, add coconut oil and fry the onions till it is translucent.
· Now add the cleaned crab and cover it with a lid. Keep the flame on medium heat. Add salt.
· Now pour the curry masala and adjust the water as per your preference. Cover and cook,
· Let the curry come to a boil, turn off the flame.
· Serve it hot with steamed rice.