Name: Crab In Coconut Gravy
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pound Crab (with shell, cleaned and cut); 1 no Onion; 1/2 tsp Chilly powder; 1 tsp Coriander powder; 1 tsp Pepper powder; 2 pinch Fenugreek (Uluva); 1/4 tsp Garam masala; 3 nos Garlic pods; 1 small Ginger; 5 nos Pearl onions (Kunjulli); 2 sprigs Curry leaves; 2 nos Green chillies (optional); 1/2 cup Coconut milk powder or Thick coconut milk; 2 tbsp Oil; Salt (As reqd); 4 nos Gamboges (required for sourness, Kudam puli)

Crab In Coconut Gravy

Crab in coconut gravy

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 pound Crab with shell, cleaned and cut
1 no Onion
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Pepper powder
2 pinch Fenugreek Uluva
1/4 tsp Garam masala
3 nos Garlic pods
1 small Ginger
5 nos Pearl onions Kunjulli
2 sprigs Curry leaves
2 nos Green chillies optional
1/2 cup Coconut milk powder or Thick coconut milk
2 tbsp Oil
Salt As reqd
4 nos Gamboges required for sourness, Kudam puli

Instructions

Crush together garlic, ginger, pearl onions, green chillies and all masala.
Pop mustard seeds in oil and saute chopped onions well.
Add the ground masala and saute until oil seperates.
Add 1 cup water along with crab pieces.
Add gamboge soaked in water.
Make a bed of curry leaves on top and cook on medium heat for 10 mins.
Once it starts bubbling slowly, add coconut milk and add little more water if required.
Mix well and cook again on low heat for 5 mins.
:- Good to be served with rice and appams.