8 – 10 crabs (1 kilogram or so)
1 medium onion (sliced fine)
2 green chilies (chopped fine)
1 inch tamarind ball (soak in 1\/2 cup hot water to extract pulp)
coconut oil for frying\/sauteing
salt to taste
pinch or two of sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Masala Ingredients (to roast and grind)<\/strong>: 1. Clean, wash and cut the crab. i like to remove the small tips on the crab legs but you can leave them if you choose to. Sprinkle a teaspoon of salt on the crabs, toss them and keep them aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Prep. the rest of your ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Heat a pan on medium heat and add the grated coconut to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Let it roast slowly and as it starts to brown, add the turmeric to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Let it roast for a few more minutes, but do not let it burn. Remove to a bowl and keep aside to cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Add the chopped onion to the same pan and let it roast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Add the chopped garlic and ginger to the onion as it starts to change colour. Once again, let it roast for a few minutes but do not let it burn. Remove and keep aside to cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Roast the chilies in the same manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Lastly roast the whole spices (coriander, cumin, peppercorn and cloves)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Grind the masala ingredients along with the 1\/2 cup of tamarind pulp and any water that may be required. The masala should be thick, and slightly coarse. Rinse out the grinder with 1\/2 cup of water and retain this “masala water”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Finely slice the second onion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Heat a large pan or wok and add a couple tablespoons of coconut oil to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Add the sliced onion to the pan and saute them till they brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Add the crabs and the masala water to the pan and give it a quick mix up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Cover the pan and cook the crabs on medium heat for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. After 10 minutes, give the crabs a mix, and then add in the ground masala along with chopped green chilies. Mix well. Note: this part gets a bit messy in the pan. That is normal! Cover and cook for a further 10 minutes or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. You should end up with a thick curry that coats the crab in pure deliciousness. Turn off the heat at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. Serve hot with steamed rice or bread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ingredients: 8 – 10 crabs (1 kilogram or so)1 medium onion (sliced fine)2 green chilies (chopped fine)1 inch tamarind ball (soak in 1\/2 cup hot water to extract pulp)coconut oil for frying\/sauteingsalt to tastepinch or two of sugar Masala Ingredients (to roast and grind):1 1\/2 cup fresh grated coconut1\/2 teaspoon turmeric1 medium onion (chopped)6 garlic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-authentic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Crab-Xec-Xec.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3879,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions\/3879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1 1\/2 cup fresh grated coconut
1\/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 medium onion (chopped)
6 garlic cloves (chopped or sliced)
1 inch ginger (chopped or sliced)
12 kashmiri chilies
2 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1\/2 teaspoon peppercorn
6 cloves<\/p>\n\n\n\nDirections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n