Crab Fry

Crab Fry is a very delicious sea food recipe. There are various styles of making crab fry, today lets see the famous Nellore style were crab is mixed well with masala paste, fried and served hot. 
 

Crab Fry

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Crab – 1/2 kg
• Oil – 5tspn
• Coconut – ½
• Pepper – 3tspn
• Green chilly – 3
• Cloves – 4
• Cinnamon – medium piece
• Fennel seeds – 1tspn
• Onion – 2 (medium size)
• Tomato – 1 (medium size)
• Curry leaves – as required
• Turmeric powder – ¼tspn
• Red chilly powder – 1/2tspn
• Salt – 2tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Crab Fry:

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Method:

1. Clean the crab well with water and keep it aside.
2. In a mixer, add pepper, green chilly,1/2tspn fennel seeds, 2 cloves, small piece cinnamon, coconut and make a powder. (figure 1)
3. Now add onion, tomato and grind them as smooth paste.(figure 2)
4. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add 2 cloves, small piece cinnamon, 1/2tspn fennel seeds, Curry leaves and saute for 1 minute.(figure 3)
5. Add paste which has been prepared in step 3 and saute for 1 minute.(figure 4)
6. Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt and saute for 1 more minute.(figure 5 & 6)
7. Now add crab, mix well and cook for 15 minutes by closing with lid in medium flame. The crab color changes to orange, it indicates that it is cooked perfectly well (figure 7 & 8)
8. Serve in a bowl. (Figure 9)

Tasty Crab Fry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• If you want more gravy then add 1 more onion and tomato in step 3.
• Serve them when they are hot to enjoy the nellore style taste.