Crab green curry Maharashtrian style

This is a Maharashtrian dish that I had in Koli festivals and fancied making. It is cooked in a green paste that contains coriander leaves, green chilies, and freshly grated coconut apart from the Maharashtrian garam masala which is composed of a variety of whole spices. The dish has strong flavors and apart from crab, you can cook prawns as well as fishes in these spices.
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook time : 40 minutes

Serve : 4

Ingredients

Crabs cleaned 5 to 6 medium

Dry whole spices

1 Black cardamom 1
1 tsp Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
3 to 4 Cloves
3 to 4 Green cardamoms
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Bay leaf
1 tbsp Poppy seeds (khuskhus/posto)

Wet spices

1/2 cup Scraped coconut fresh
3 to 4 Green chillies roughly chopped
4 to 5 Garlic cloves
1 inch Ginger
Handful of coriander leaves
1/2 lemon juice
Salt to taste
3 tbsp Oil
2 onions finely chopped

Method

• Dry roast the dry spices till fragrant.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the same non-stick pan, add chopped onion, and saute till they turn a light brown.
• Add coconut and saute lightly.
• Remove from heat and add to the roasted spice mixture.
• Add green chilies, ginger, and garlic.
• Grind the mixture with coriander leaves and salt and some water to a fine paste.
• Boil the crabs in water or saute them in 1 tbsp of oil till red. Take out the crabs
• In that oil add the green paste and saute.
• Add crab mix, cover, and cook for a minute.
• Add 1 cup of water if the mixture is too dry.
• Add salt to taste.
• Boil the curry or dry it till it leaves the sides of the pan.
• Drizzle lemon juice.
• Serve hot with rice

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Crab green curry Maharashtrian style

This is a Maharashtrian dish that I had in Koli festivals and fancied making. It is cooked in a green paste that contains coriander leaves, green chilies, and freshly grated coconut apart from the Maharashtrian garam masala which is composed of a variety of whole spices.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian, Maharashtrian, Malwani

Keyword coconut crab curry, delicious, food porn, Indian seafood curry, seafood lovers, spicy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

• Crabs cleaned 5 to 6 medium

Dry whole spices

• 1 Black cardamom 1
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
• 3 to 4 Cloves
• 3 to 4 Green cardamoms
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 tbsp Poppy seeds khuskhus/posto

Wet spices

• 1/2 cup Scraped coconut fresh
• 3 to 4 Green chillies roughly chopped
• 4 to 5 Garlic cloves
• 1 inch Ginger
• Handful of coriander leaves
• 1/2 lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 2 onions finely chopped

Instructions

Method

1. Dry roast the dry spices till fragrant.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the same non-stick pan, add chopped onion, and saute till they turn a light brown.
3. Add coconut and saute lightly.
4. Remove from heat and add to the roasted spice mixture.
5. Add green chilies, ginger, and garlic.
6. Grind the mixture with coriander leaves and salt and some water to a fine paste.
7. Boil the crabs in water or saute them in 1 tbsp of oil till red. Take out the crabs
8. In that oil add the green paste and saute.
9. Add crab mix, cover, and cook for a minute.
10. Add 1 cup of water if the mixture is too dry.
11. Add salt to taste.
12. Boil the curry or dry it till it leaves the sides of the pan.
13. Drizzle lemon juice.
14. Serve hot with rice