Crab Pepper Masala

Ingredients:

Crab - 8
Onion - 2
Tomato small - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teasp
Pepper - 2 teasp
Jeera / cummin - 1 teasp
Red chilli powder - 2 teasp
Turmeric powder - 1 teasp
Scraped coconut - 1/4 cup
Corriander Seeds - 3 teasp
Corriander leaves- to garnish
Oil - 5 teasp
Salt - as needed

Procedure:

• Clean the crabs.You can click HERE to see how to clean crabs.
• Add oil to the frying pan. After the oil gets heated, add finely chopped onions, tomato, ginger garlic paste and saute well.
• Roast corriander seeds without oil.
• Add roasted corriander seeds, coconut, pepper, jeera, red chilli powder and grind it to a paste adding very little water.
• Add the masala to the pan and saute well.
• Add turmeric powder and salt.
• Add the crabs to the pan and gently turn them.
• Add 1/2 cup of water and close the pan.
• After the crabs get cooked, turn again gently.
• Cook till the masala thickens in a medium flame.
• Garnish with corriander leaves when the dish is ready.

 
Learnt from: Mrs. Jothi, my mother-in-law