5 top Crab Curry Receipe

1.       Crub Curry
Ingredients: 2 large crabs; ¼ tbsp. pepper; 1 onion; 2 blades chives or leeks; 1 tomato; ½ tbsp. curry powder; 2 tbsps, oil; 1 tbsp. butter.
Method: Wash, clean and cut the crabs into convenient pieces.  Heat oil.  Add chopped onions and chopped chives or leeks and fry lightly.  Add pepper and curry powder and fry well.  Add blanched tomato and water just sufficient to make a thick gravy.  Simmer till curry powder is cooked. Add crab and butter.  Simmer for 10 – 15 minutes or until the crabs are cooked.  Season to taste and remove.
2.       Roasted Crab Curry
Required: 18 – 20 medium-sized crabs; 1 large onion, sliced; 4 green chillies, salt lengthwise; 150 grams tomatoes, chopped; 1 tsp. sugar; 1 cup oil.
Roast the following separately and then grind together to a paste: 2 tbsp. jeera; 2 tbsp. mustard; 1 tbsp. coriander seeds; 1 tsp. turmeric powder; 6 dry red chillies, ½ pod garlic; 1”  piece ginger, sliced; 1 onion, roast till burnt; ½ coconut, grated and roasted.
Method:  Clean the crabs and wash well.  Keep whole. Drain.  Heat oil in a pan and fry onion until golden brown.  Add the ground masala and fry well.  Stir so it does not stick to the pan.  Add chopped tomatoes and salt to taste.  Cook for a few minutes then add the crabs, green chillies and sugar.  Lower the flame and simmer until done.  Serve hot.
3.       Crab Green Curry
Ingredients: 4-5 (500gms) crabs; half coconut; 200 gms. Onion; 1 pod garlic; 8-10 green chillies; ½ bunch coriander leaves; 1- inch piece ginger; 2 springs curry leaves; 5 ml. oil; ¼ tsp. mustard; salt to taste.
Method:  Clean crabs and cut into convenient pieces.  Grind together coconut, garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves and ginger.  Heat oil, add mustard seeds, onions (chopped and curry leaves and fry.  Add ground masala and fry a little more.  Apply to , or mix this fried masala with, the crabs and set aside for 30 minutes.  Now add the liquid from the grinding stone and cook over slow fire till done.
4.       Crab Curry with Coconut
Ingredients: 6 crabs.
For grinding: 10 dry chillies; 1 coconut; 1 onion; 6 peppercorns; 1 tsp. cumin seed (jeera); 1 tsp. Mustard; a little tamarind; 2 tsps. Coriander; a little turmeric; 6 seeds garlic; salt to taste.
For tempering: 2 tsps. Ghee or oil; few curry leaves.
Method : Wash and clean the crabs and cut into halves or convenient pieces.  Grind masala.  Fry curry leaves in oil, add masala and fry well stirring all the time.  Add ground masala liquid (about 4 and fry well stirring all the time.  Add ground masala liquid (about 4 cups), salt to taste and stir and simmer well add crabs and simmer till done.
5.       Crab in Pepper
Ingredients: 6 crabs: 1 tsp.  pepper; 1 tsp. cumin seed (jeera)  a small piece turmeric, 3 onions; a little vinegar; salt to taste.
Method: Clean the crabs and cut into halves.  Fry in oil one sliced onion, add crab pieces and pour a little water.  Add powdered pepper, jeera turmeric and the remaining 2 onions (sliced), vinegar and salt to taste.  Cook well until done with a thick gravy.