Just to Share with you……..
I don’t know to cook also how to eat crab till I am 25years. After my marriage we were in Bangalore and one of my brother was staying closeby. They used to cook crab and gave us. Initially I found it very very difficult to eat the crab. Then slowly I have learnt it. Now my 3 and 1/2 year old kid yoksha is fond of eating (simply bitibg)crabs small legs. When ever she sees crabs she will tell momy letz buy crab today.Crab has some sweet taste init.
My First Experience while cleaning the crab.
After coming to US I thought of cooking crab. We were in Merrifield Apartments-Vienna,Virginia that time. H-Mart (korean shop) is close by and you can find live sea crabs there. They clean the Fishes and give
and not the crabs. I bought live crabs one day and kept it freezer and we went out for Roaming for time pass. After 4-5 hrs we came back and I thought of cooking crab for dinner. I took out the cover from the freezer and I kept a medium size vessel filled with cold water for cleaning inside sink and I put the crabs inside. since the crabs didn’t show any reaction tillthat time I thought crabs are dead. I put my hand inside and started rinsing/mising the crabs with hands. All of the sudden all the crabs started moving and some was trying to jump out. I screamed . My husband came but he is also not ready to clean the crabs. Suddenly I remembered that crabs will be dead if put in hot water for sometime. I took a big pressurecooker and I somehow poured the water with crabs into the cooker and I covered with lid . After that my husband was not allowing to buy live crabs for almost a year. We used to buy froxen king crabs.
Slowly after a very long time I started buying live crabs again. Now I can say I am expert in cleaning. Simply I used turn the hot water in tap and keep the crabs in a container under the running hot water forsometime. All the crabs will be dead after sometime.
Crab curry
Ingredients
- Sea crabs – ½ kg
- Tomato – 1, finely chopped (or tamarind extract 1or 2tsp)
- Onion – 1, finely chopped
- Salt – as needed
- Oil – 2 teaspoons (preferably coconut oil)
For Grinding
- Coriander seeds – 1 tablespoon
- Cummin seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Black peppercorns – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic – 8 flakes
- Ginger – 1-inch piece
- Green chillies – 6, medium size
- Coconut – 1 cup, grated (half portion of a medium-sized coconut)
- Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
Preparation
- Fry lightly the coriander seeds, cummin seeds, and black peppercorns taking care not to brown them. Grind it along with ginger, garlic, green chillies, coconut, and turmeric powder to a smooth paste.
- Heat a flat-bottomed vessel and pour in the oil. When it becomes smoking hot, add the onions and saute till the onion edges turn brown here and there.
- Add the ground masala paste and salt. Fry for a minute.
- Add the tamarind extract or tomatoes at this stage and saute till the tomatoes are soft.
- Add the crabs and mix it well with the masala.
- Pour 2 cups water over the crabs to just cover it. Cover and cook over moderate heat till the crabs are cooked well and the gravy is thickish to your required consistency.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with plain rice. Enjoy!
TIPS
If you don’t know how to clean and you like learn how to clean the crabs
visit http://www.aayisrecipes.com/2006/06/04/how-to-clean-crabs/
