Crab with cocunut masala

CrabWith Cocunut masala

                       I'm a crab lover. One of my very favorite non veg cusine is crab. My all time favourite recipe, this is another version of crab curry which i'm going to posted today. Crab cocunut masala gives delicious taste and awesome with steamed hot rice or bread.

Ingredients:

• Crab - 500 g
• Onion - 3(Chopped)
• Tomato - 1(Chopped)
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Pepper power - 2 tsp
• Cocunut - 1/2 fresh cocunut grated

To marinate crab:

• Chilly Powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as needed

For seasoning:

• Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
• Oil - as needed
• Curry leaaves - few
• Coriander leaves - few

Method:

• For preparing crab pepper masala dry.  Cut the center part and legs seperately and clean well. Add the marinated ingredients and and keep aside.

• Add the grated cocunut in mixee jar, and grind it in a ground paste and keep aside

• Heat oil in a pan. add the fennel seeds and cinnamon stick , when it gets splutters add the ginger.garlic paste and onion saute it until onion become golden brown.

• After few mins , add tomato and curry leaves saute it for 5 mins.

• Now add the marinated crabs and saute it for 5mins. add ground cocunut paste and needed water for crabs to be cooked well. 

• Close it with lid. Once the crabs are cooked well , add the pepper powder (You can add pepper as per your taste).

• Saute it until the crabs become dry and sprinkle some coriander leaves on top.

• Serve the crab cocunut masala.

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