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Crab Curry

Crab Curry

Posted on
July 10, 2013
by zirkie

Crab, with its soft and delicate tasting meat is my favourite seafood. Unfortunately I hardly ever cook it because it is not freely available in Cape Town. If you do find crab meat it usually very expensive. I was very surprised when I saw crab at all the major food stores recently and at a very affordable price, so I had to stock up.

Crab meat is very nutritious and low in fat and calories. Crab meat can be used in salads, stews, soups, crab cakes and much more. I made this curry. If you can get hold of crab meat, you should definitely buy it and try this recipe.

Crab curry

Crab curry recipe

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Crab Curry
By: Pink Polka Dot Food
Recipe Type: Main
Prep Time:  20 mins
Cook Time:  35 mins
Total Time:  55 mins
Serves: 4
 
A recipe for crab curry
Ingredients
  • 45ml sunflower oil
  • 5ml black mustard seeds
  • 5ml cumin seeds
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 30ml masala
  • 5ml turmeric
  • 10ml ground cumin
  • 30ml PnP crushed garlic, ginger and dhania paste
  • 1 x 400g tins of tomatoes
  • 80ml fresh coriander leaves
  • 2.5ml sugar
  • 10ml fish sauce
  • 250ml hot water
  • 800g crab meat with legs
  • salt
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a large pot and bring to medium heat. Add the mustard and cumin seeds to the hot oil.
  2. Add the chopped onion and fry until golden.
  3. Add the masala, turmeric and cumin and fry for 5 minutes while stirring.
  4. Add the paste and stir fry for another minute
  5. Liquidize the tinned tomatoes and 80ml fresh coriander in a liquidiser. Add to the spice mixture with the sugar.
  6. Mix the fish sauce with the hot water and add to the tomato mixture. Cook on low heat for 20 minutes.
  7. Add the crab and simmer for 10 minutes or until the crab are cooked.
  8. Season with salt, if necessary
  9. Serve with basmati rice, garnished with fresh coriander.
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2 Responses

  1. Sous Chef July 11, 2013 at 8:27 am

    Of all curries, crab is my absolute favourite! I can spend hours picking at the claws, in fact, Tandy sent me the special tools for extracting the meat. *drools longingly*

    Reply
    • zirkie July 12, 2013 at 7:05 pm

      Wow, Tandy is wonderful!! I adore crab curry!

      Reply

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