Crab Roast
Crab roast, is an easy and spicy dry roast recipe. Crab roast is a simple dish that that tastes fantastic with rice.
Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
Kerala
Servings
Prep Time
2
people
10
minutes
Cook Time
35
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
2
people
10
minutes
Cook Time
35
minutes
Ingredients
500
gram
Crab
cut and cleaned
2
tablespoon
coconut oil
adjust as per your taste
1
inch
Ginger
skinned and chopped finely
3
cloves
garlic
skinned and chopped finely
1
big
onion
skinned and chopped finely
2
number
green chilly
slit into lengthwise
1
medium
tomato
diced into finely
1
Tamarind
lemon size
2
teasspoon
chilly powder
3
teasspoon
coriander powder
1/2
teasspoon
black pepper powder
1
teasspoon
Homemade Meat spices/Garam Masala Powder
1/4
teasspoon
Turmeric powder
coriander leaves
few
Salt
as per your taste
Water
as required
Instructions
Place tamarind in a ΒΌ cup of water. Squeeze, strain and keep juice aside.
Place all the spices in a bowl and add 2 tablespoon water. Mix and make a paste and keep aside.
Heat oil in a thick bottomed non- stick pan or mannchatti. Place chopped garlic and ginger, stir well.
When fried well, add onion, green chilly and curry leaves. Stir until golden brown.
Add spice paste and roast until its raw smell dis appears.
Add tomato and stir well.
Add tamarind juice and salt, stir and mix well. Make thick gravy and allow it to boil.
When boiled, place crab pieces.
Cover and cook in a medium heat for the next 10 minutes. That time you can see more juice/water release from the crab.
Uncover the pan, mix and make sure the gravy well covers all crab pieces.
Cover it again and cook for the next 5 minutes.
Uncover and cook till gravy thickens.
Turn off the heat and garnish Crab Masala Roast with chopped coriander leaves. Serve with hot boiled rice or kappa and enjoy