Alappuzha Style Crab Curry

Ingredients for Alappuzha Style Crab Curry:

1. Crab – 650 gm (before cleaning)
2. Onion chopped fine – 2
3. Tomato chopped – 2
4. Ginger crushed – 1 piece
5. Garlic crushed – 10 cloves
6. Kashmiri chilli powder – 2 tablespoons
7. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
8. Coriander powder – 1 tablespoon
9. Garam masala powder – ½ tablespoon
10. Coconut milk – 1 cup
11. Curry leaves – 3 nos.
12. Salt and coconut oil – For frying

For tempering:

13. Mustard – ½ tsp
14. Fenugreek – ¼ tsp
15.  Shallots chopped thin – 2 tablespoons
16. Coconut oil – 2 tablespoons

How to prepare Alappuzha Style Crab Curry?

1. Heat an earthen pot or thick-bottomed pan and heat oil.
2. Sauté onions, followed by sliced tomatoes, ginger and garlic.
3. When the raw smell goes out, add the powders and fry well.
4.  Add crab pieces, a few curry leaves and 1 cup of water.
5. Cook crab pieces in a low flame.
6. After 6-8 minutes, add coconut milk.
7. When the crab is well-cooked, turn off the flame.
8. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan and add mustard, fenugreek, shallots and remaining curry leaves.
9. Fry all these ingredients and add to your special Alappuzha crab curry.

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