Name: Butter Crab
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 250 g Crab (cooked adding salt); 1 cup Coconut milk; 2 nos Onion (sliced); Turmeric powder (A pinch); 1 tsp Garlic (crushed); ½ tsp Lemon juice; 1 ½ Butter; Curry leaves (s sprigs); ¼ tsp Mustard seeds; ½ tsp Pepper (crushed); ½ tbsp Coriander leaves (chopped); Salt (As reqd)

Butter Crab

Butter crab is prepared by cooking marinated crab pieces in ground pepper, crab stock, shallots, garlic and other ingredients

No ratings yet

Print Recipe

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

250 g Crab cooked adding salt
1 cup Coconut milk
2 nos Onion sliced
Turmeric powder A pinch
1 tsp Garlic crushed
½ tsp Lemon juice
1 ½ Butter
Curry leaves s sprigs
¼ tsp Mustard seeds
½ tsp Pepper crushed
½ tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
Salt As reqd

Instructions

1)For preparing butter crab, cut the crabs into medium size pieces.
Melt butter in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add garlic, onion and curry leaves adding salt and turmeric powder.
Fry for 2 minutes and add crab. Mix well and cook covered for 5 minutes.
Now add coconut milk and bring to boil. Cook covered in low flame till the gravy thickens.
Garnish with crushed pepper and coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice, chappathy etc.
Butter crab, a helathy and tasty crab recipe is ready.