Description
Pepper crab kurma is one of my mom's special dish, i learned from her..we know very well that crab meat r excellent source of high quality of protein, vitamins n minerals..they r also good source of copper, calcium, iron n is very low in fat espically saturated fat..Pepper crab kurma will be very spicy, tasty n delicious..here we go..
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 4 nos | Blue crab(cleaned) |
| 1 no | Onion chopped finely |
| 1 no | Tomato chopped finely |
| 2 no | Green chilli(slightly opened) |
| 2 nos | Bay leaves, cinnamon sticks n cloves |
| Salt as per taste | |
| 3 tsp | Oil |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 1½ T | Pepper corns(can decrease r increase) |
| 1 tsp | Fennel seeds |
| 1 tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 1 tsp | Ginger chopped |
| 1 tsp | Garlic chopped |
| ¼ cup | Fresh grated coconut r dessicated coconut |
| 1 tsp | Poppy seeds |
| 1 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| 1 tsp | Dhania powder |
| Ingredients-3 | |
|---|---|
| 3 stks | Corainder leaves |
| 5 nos | Mint leaves |
Instructions
Clean the crab n keep aside, i used already cleaned frozen crabs for this recipe..grind all the ingredients from table 2 with half cup of water except the dhania powder into thick paste…heat oil in a pan, add the bay leaves, cinnamon sticks n cloves n fry them well…now add the chopped onions followed by chopped tomatoes n slightly opened green chillies…cook everything well..once they r well cooked add the grounded paste n stir continously until the raw smell goes away…now add the dhania powder n stir it well… the grounded paste will turned to thick paste, now add the cleaned crab n stir them well, the crab will turns to pink colour, its means they r cooked, add one cup of water n salt n stir them to turn as gravy(make ur gravy as ur wish, i prepared as thick gravy, so adjust ur gravy as ur wish) keep the flame in simmer n cook them for 15 minutes with the lid…once the crabs r cooked put off the stove n garnish the kurma with the chopped coriander leaves n mint leaves…if u want more spicy can add pepper powder at last….
Serve hot with rice n Enjoy!!!!!!!
7 Comments
Yummy crabs….
Thanks Mullai, divya n sadhana for ur comments..
Nandu is my fav, this kurma makes me hungry. Priya… what kind of crab do you get in Paris?? Blue or some other variety, I do see some polka dots on the shell, what kind did you use??
Here i used blue flower crabs mullai, i got them from chinese store..here i'll get blue crabs, mud crabs n very rarely fresh tiny sized crabs…
nice kurma priya…super..
Divya Mubarak
I am a big fan of crab!!!! hmm supppppppeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr!!!!
Sadhana Raveen
Sadhana..am also very big fan of crab..unga oorula than sema crabs kedaikuma, enjoy pannunga..