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Dry Curry Crab- Tamil Style

6 March 2007 20 Comments

This is another one of my mother-in-law’s recipes, perfected by Siv. She is a fantastic cook, but somehow I always like Siv’s versions a little better. I guess the secret ingredient makes all the difference; yeah I’m talking about “Luvvvvvv” . Okay, he is sitting right next to me, and I need someone to load the dishwasher.

My favorite crab preparation is the Red Curry Crab at Malay Satay Hut, our favorite Malaysian restaurant. This is a very close second. Siv made it sometime ago for a party, and I have this picture from back then. We haven’t been cooking much recently, so thought I will post this one today. I’ve been feeling bad that I started this blog to share recipes and somehow it has turned into a restaurant review site, guess it still qualifies as a food blog, huh?

Anyway, here is Siv’s version of the recipe. He just eyeballs (to quote Rachael Ray) the ingredients, so the quantities are mostly guesstimates, adjust to your desired spice level.

Ingredients

1 large size Dungeness crab
10 Dry Red chilies
1″ Ginger
10 cloves Garlic
2 shallots
1 cup Coconut
1 tbsp Cumin
1/2 tbsp Pepper
1 tsp Fennel seeds
1″ Cinnamon
2 Tomatoes diced
A few Curry Leaves
Salt
Oil

Method

Clean the crab and cut into 6-8 pieces. Remove the top shell.
Grind the ingredients 2-10 to make a coarse paste.
Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the crab pieces along with the tomatoes for about 3 minutes
Add the ground masala paste to the pan and sauté for another 5 minutes
Add half a cup of water and salt to the pan, cover and cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes.
Uncover, increase the heat to high, and fry it till most of the water is evaporated to form a thick gravy.
Serve it with rice.

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20 Comments »

Asha said:

Love the color!! I don’t eat Seafood much except Crab cakes if they don’t smell like fish!;D
Great recipe,could adapt to some other meat.Thanks.

# 6 March 2007 at 12:57 pm

keralafish said:

have you tried the crab rangoon dish?Its too awesome.

# 7 March 2007 at 7:05 am

Sig said:

Asha, no seafood? Do you know what you are missing?

# 7 March 2007 at 7:15 am

Sig said:

KF. Crab rangoon? I’ve never heard of it. Got the recipe?

# 7 March 2007 at 7:31 am

bee (jugalbandi.info) said:

that’s the main thing i miss from my carnivore days – crab. your recipe looks scrumptious.

# 7 March 2007 at 5:25 pm

Sig said:

Bee, I applaud anyone who would give up meat to lead a healthy life (though I could never do that, u know I “live to eat”, not the other way ). But seafood, isn’t it good for you girl?

# 8 March 2007 at 5:08 am

bee (jugalbandi.info) said:

i live with a man who hates the smell of seafood. he never complains, but i know it bothers him. so i’ve decided not to cook it at home.

# 8 March 2007 at 2:22 pm

Sig said:

bee, if it is for love, yeah that I understand .
Siv and I (like you guys) are from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and both of us are not that much into the veg cuisine from the other person’s state, so we tend to cook a lot of meat and seafood ,both of us love both Mallu and Tamil preparations for non-veg.

# 8 March 2007 at 3:33 pm

Hobby Cooking said:

Lovely Crab Recipe,
Do visit my blog too for some interesting recipes,and dont forget to share your views,Happy Cooking….!!!

HOBBY COOKING

# 9 March 2007 at 5:44 am

Reena said:

Sig, I stumbled on this page from my friend Bee’s blog. Crabs are my favourite. I am a Keralite but this Crab preparation is a lot similar to the one I make. I love it.

# 23 March 2007 at 5:48 am

Inji Pennu said:

“Okay, he is sitting right next to me, and I need someone to load the dishwasher. “

Okay, that makes sense :)

# 1 May 2007 at 10:32 pm

Vanita Kriplani Anup said:

My hubby loves crabs and evreytime we are at the market he keeps lookin at them..I do not know how to eat orcook or clean or do anything but just look at the crabs lying there ..waiting to be picked… guess i will try this this time.. !! Adding you to my page !

# 10 July 2007 at 6:24 pm

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# 18 September 2008 at 2:53 am

mathew said:

i am just done with a heavy dinner..but these pics makes me think my stomach is most vacant space in the world!!…

this crab dish looks so rich!!

# 5 October 2008 at 3:30 pm

sajitha said:

could you please let me know if its DRY RED CHILLIE or just RED CHILLIE you have used in this recipie.

dry red chilies. I have updated the recipe.

# 14 October 2008 at 5:51 am

Shats said:

AMAZING RECIPE!!!!!!!!!! My husband & I loved it. The two of us finished the entire dish on our own. Love your website. Keep it going. It has become my resource for good south indian recipes.

# 14 November 2008 at 6:27 am

shalini said:

i guess i am gonna try it today

# 16 January 2009 at 8:47 pm

naina said:

This looks so good. I am going to make this tonight. My mom’s coming to stay with me and I wanted to treat her to some seafood on her first night in Seattle. This seems like a dish she would really like.

# 11 February 2009 at 4:55 pm