Seafood_Recipes

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Crab Curry 1
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1 tbsp oil for frying + 1.5 tbsp oil for curry
5 to 6 Big sized Crabs Or about 10 small sized Crabs
18 to 20 Garlic Cloves
1 inch Ginger Chopped
3 Sliced Onion
cup Desiccated Coconut
3 t/s Fennel Seeds
2 t/s cumin seed
cup Coriander Leaves
1 Green Chili
cup fresh grated coconut
2 tbsp Red Chili Powder
2 tbsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tbsp Turmeric
1 tbsp Coriander Seed Powder
1 Tomato
2 cups Water
Salt as per taste
Instructions
1. Firstly dice the crab and wash it properly.
2. Take a tawa or pan add little oil. Once hot add fennel seed and cumin seed. W
hen they crackle.
3. Add 2 sliced onion. Keep one onion aside for Tadka (tempering).
4. Now put Garlic cloves, desiccated coconut, 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves, Ginger a
nd green chilies. Saute until onion all mixture becomes dark brown. Combine this
fried mixture in the grinder. Grind until it forms a smooth paste. Add little w
ater if required.
5. Take little oil in the same pan. Add now fresh grated coconut to it.
6. Saute until they are brown.
7. Grind to form a smooth paste. Add water if required.
8. Get a wok or vessel add 3 tbsp Oil. Add the remaining chopped onion. Saute fo
r 2 mins on low flame.
9. Add tomatoes and saute for a minute.
10. Mix all spices except salt. Stir for sometime.
11. Let the mixture become brown. Roughly after 5 to 6 mins.
12. Add the fresh coconut spice paste to the curry. Its time to add crabs to it.
13. Combine well. Now add the desiccated coconut paste to the gravy.
14. Check the consistency add water as required. Stir well cover with a lid for
5 mins. Stir again. Once the curry starts bubbling add salt as per taste.
15. After 3 to 4 mins taste the curry. See if more salt or spice required. Switc
h off the gas. Your Crab Curry is ready now. Before Serving garnish with coriand
er leaves. Serve This Crab curry with Pav, Bread Or Rotis. This crab curry goes
well with steamed rice or pao.
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Crab Curry 2
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Ingredients:
Crab : 2 pounds (I used King crab legs)
Onions : 1 (medium and finely chopped)
Garlic : 5 (pressed)
Dry red chilies: 5
Coconut chopped : 1/4 cup
Cumin : 1 tbsp
Peppercorns :1/2 tbsp
Fennel seeds : /4 tsp
Cinnamon : 1
Tomatoes : 1/2 cup
Curry leaves : 5- 6
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Oil : 3 tbsp
Method Of Prepartion:
Separately fry the the red chilies, peppercorns, fennel seeds, cinnamon and
cumin.
Grind them with chopped coconut into a thick paste and keep the masala asid
e.
Wash the crab and steam them for 10 minutes in medium heat. If you are using
already cooked crab you still have to steam for 5 minutes.
After that remove from heat (if you like crab with shell skip this step) rem
ove the shell.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add the onions, fry them till it becomes transl
ucent.
Now add the pressed garlic, little salt and the above ground masala and mix
it well.
Now add the tomatoes, curry laeves, turmeric powder and the required remaini
ng salt into it.
Let them cook for about 4-5 minutes in medium heat with lid covered.
When the masala smell goes off, add the crab meat (removed from shell) gentl
y mix it with the masalas and add water to your liking for gravy consistency (ab
out 1/2 cup) or you can just make it dry. Finally add a tbsp of oil on top of i
t.
Let them boil for about 8 minutes in medium heat.
After that remove from heat and garnish it with coriander leaves.
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Mussles 1
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
1kg Fresh Mussel
3 medium Onion
2 medium Tomato
4 Green Chillies
2 tablespoons Ginger Paste
2 1/2 tablespoons Garlic paste
1/2 tablespoons Turmeric powder
2 tablespoons Red chillii powder
1 1/2 tablespoons Coriander Powder

1/2 tablespoons Garam masala powder

1/4 tablespoons Fennel seeds powder
5 Curry leaves
3 tablespoons Coconut Oil
to taste Salt
Directions
Prep:30min Cook:20min Ready in:50min
Wash and clean the mussels shells well and place them in pot with enough wat
er and boil till the shells open. (Note : Do not use shells that have not opened
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Drain all the water and scoop out the mussels from the shell ,clean the dirt
and remove the black part in the bottom of the mussel well.
In a cooking vessel add the cleaned mussels with little salt,1/4 tsp turmeri
c powder, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder and cook for 10-15 minutes or till its done.
In a wok/kadai heat oil,when its hot add ginger,garlic paste and saut for few
minutes.
Add the thinly sliced onions and saut till it turns to till turns to transluc
ent & light golden brown
Now add the chopped tomato, green chillies & curry leaves and saut for a whil
e
Reduce the fire to medium and add all the spice powder and saut till raw smel
l goes (Note : make sure not to burn the spices.
Add the cooked mussels and stir fry till it turns to brown & crispy,adjust t
he salt & spice powders.
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