Simple Dry Curry Crabs

Yay! I finally managed to cook dry curry crabs. It was so good that I will definitely cook this again for my Piggies when they come back for their holidays.    I bought two sea crabs from the market and thought of cooking crab curry with pineapple but on second thought, I changed my mind and cook dry curry with the crabs. I googled for a simple one and found this recipe which I think will be great and simple enough for me. I gave it a tweak by adding, lemongrass and some freshly grounded chilli paste with turmeric which I  always keep in a jar for emergency use in the fridge. The recipe calls for curry powder only :) and as usual, I like to add fresh grounded chilli paste for color , extra heat and deeper taste.  This is the most easy to cook dry curry and the result is a satisfying one.  One whole crab for my Wildboar and the other one for myself :)   We used our fingers to de-shell the crabs and the flavorful curry paste sticks to our fingers.  Now I know what  fingerlicking good means.  We practically licked the paste off our fingers...so yummy good! A keeper for sure. A simple dry curry dish yet can taste awesomely good ! Thank you Patsy for the recipe :)

Baba's fish curry powder , freshly ground chilli paste with turmeric,

spices are pounded ginger, shallots and garlic, curry leaves is a must

and I plucked them from my lil' space

stir fry the pounded spice and curry paste and curry leaves, lemongrass with

rice bran oil till fragrant and till the oil separated from the paste

before adding in the crabs

Add in the crabs and cooked till the curry paste has thicken and reduce

it taste awesomely good, I am glad I managed to get it right

Wildboar says it is really good and that is all that matters :)

we practically licked off all the curry paste from our fingers 

mmmmm....waste not ..right?

the crabs are big and meaty, fresh and sweet...

Simple Dry Curry Crabs 

Ingredients:

2 large sea crabs - clean and remove gills - leave crab as whole
2 heaped tbsp of Baba’s fish curry powder - mix with 1 tbsp of water into a paste
1 heaped tbsp of fresh ground chilli + turmeric paste

1inch ginger *

5 shallots*

4 cloves garlic*

(pound the * ingredients till fine)

1 lemongrass - use white part only  - lightly crushed
2 sprigs of curry leaves

2 tablespoons of cooking oil * I used rice bran oil

1/4 cup of water
a tsp of sugar  
salt to taste

 Method:

1. Clean the crab , remove gills,  - leave crab as whole.
2. Pound the ingredients marked * with a mortar and pestle or with a food processor. Make sure that the spice paste is finely blended or pounded.
3. Heat up wok and add cooking oil.
4. Stir fry the pounded ingredient , lemongrass, curry leaves and curry powder and fresh chilli paste till fragrant .
5. Add the crab and 1/4 cup of water and do a quick stir. Cover the wok with its cover for 5 minutes.
6. Add in sugar, a little salt to taste and continue stirring for about 2 minutes or until the crab  has turned red and is cooked and the paste dried.
7. Dish up and serve hot.

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