Recipe for Coconut Crab Curry

Ingredients

  • 6-8 Live blue crabs or 2 Dungeness crabs or Mud crabs, about 1-1/2 lb each
  • 1 Can coconut milk
  • 1 Lime, juiced
  • 3-1/2 tbsp Malaysian fish curry powder
  • 1-1/2 tbsp Chili powder
  • 2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 8-10 Curry leaves
  • 2 Red onions, sliced
  • 4-6 Cloves garlic
  • 1 Inch fresh ginger, sliced
  • 4 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 3 Cups water
  • Salt to taste

Cooking Directions

Wash the Blue crabs and cut it into halves and Dungeness or
Mud crabs can be cut into 4.

Crack the shells and claws gently with a mallet.

Grind onions, garlic and ginger to make a fine paste.

Add vegetable oil to a hot pot and stir-fry paste for 2-3 minutes.

Take a small bowl, combine chili powder, fish curry powder and turmeric powder, few tbsp water and mix into a thick paste.

Add this paste to the pot, stir-fry till quite toasted and oil starts to ooze from paste.

Now add coconut milk, curry leaves, water, and season with salt.

When the mixture starts to boil, decrease the heat to a simmer, stirring occasionally till the sauce thickens slightly for about 15-18 minutes.

Add lime juice and crabs, stir to coat with sauce.

Cover and simmer till crabs turn red.

Take out crabs from the pot and keep warm, let stand for about 15 minutes

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