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How to make simple crab curry in just four steps
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How to make simple crab curry in just four steps

Prepare a spicy and piquant crab curry using tomato, tamarind, chili, and seafood masala. The cooking process involves only four simple stages.

The dish requires: 1.5 or 2 kg of cleaned crabs, two onions sliced into rounds, six cloves of garlic sliced into rounds, four green chilies, one packet of tomato paste, ten tomatoes pureed, four to five tablespoons of seafood masala, a third cup of oil, salt, one teaspoon of sugar, and coriander.

To begin, heat the oil in a pot, then add the onion, garlic, chilies, curry leaves, and masala, frying everything for eight minutes. After that, add the tomatoes, salt, sugar, and tomato paste, and simmer the mixture for twenty minutes.

Next, add a tablespoon of tamarind paste to the dish and mix thoroughly. Then add the crabs and cook over low heat for forty minutes. It is recommended to finish the preparation by sprinkling the dish with fresh coriander for garnish.

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Spicy Crab Curry Recipe with Coconut Milk
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Spicy Crab Curry Recipe with Coconut Milk

This aromatic crab curry is prepared using coconut milk, chili, ginger, garlic, and whole spices, and is then garnished with fresh cilantro.

The following ingredients are required to prepare the dish: 2 kg of cleaned crab, 1 chopped onion, 40 g of tomato paste, 4 red dried chilies, 1 curry leaf, 3 bay leaves, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, ½ tablespoon of cumin seeds, 1 tablespoon of ground black pepper, ½ tablespoon of fenugreek seeds, ½ tablespoon of mustard seeds, 6 chopped cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons of freshly grated ginger, salt, ½ tablespoon of sugar, ½ tablespoon of turmeric, ½ tablespoon of garam masala, ½ tablespoon of Kashmiri chili powder, ½ cup of chopped cilantro, and 1 ½ cans of coconut cream or milk, as well as oil.

In a pot, heat the oil, then add the red dried chilies, garlic, ginger, mustard, cumin, fenugreek, black pepper, lemon juice, bay leaf, and fry all this for 5 minutes.

Next, add the onion and tomato paste to the pot and cook the mixture for another 4 minutes.

After that, stir in the dry powders, spices, and sugar, and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes.

Then add the coconut cream or milk and mix thoroughly. After that, add the crab and mix again.

Add salt, and all ingredients are mixed. The dish simmers for about 1 hour or slightly longer over low heat until the sauce thickens. Finally, add cilantro and mix.

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