Nadan Crab Roast

Seafood is the best food if cooked properly. I really love crabs but due to some advice from my mother and mother in law regarding the increase in Cholesterol level by the consumption of Crabs. I rarely tried my hands on Crabs."Healthy foods are never Tasty"  by keeping this note in mind I planned to have my next hands on experiment on Crab may be after 2 years :)

Ingredients

Crab - 1 kg

Shallots - 20 No's

Onion - 5 No's

Ginger - A medium sized one

Garlic Pods - 6 Nos

Green Chilly - 4 No's

Curry Leaves 

Coriander Leaves (Optional)

Turmeric Powder - 1 Tblspn

Chilly Powder - 1 Tbl Spn

Chicken Masala - 1 Tbl Spn

Garam Masala  1 Tspn

Pepper Powder - 1/2 Tblspn

Coconut Oil- 2 Tblspn

Fennel Seeds - 10 no's (Optional)

Tamarind  Juice - Take the size as of a big Gooseberry   

Preparation

Clean Crab well . Take a Pan add Crab , thinly sliced onions ,shallots, green chilly, turmeric powder salt  and  lil water to cook. The best way to know whether crab is cooked is to see it shells if turns red then it means it cooked. At that point add chilly powder , garam masala , chicken masala, some fenugreek seeds and the saute it properly so that all the masalas mix well. Cook for another 5 minutes and add the tamarind juice. Now u can see so much of gravy and that will be more than the water you added to cook. That is because of the water from the shallots and onions as well as the crab , if you need a dry roast u can cook on high flame so that the gravy will get dried up. After 10 minutes add some pepper powder , coconut oil , then curry leaves and coriander leaves . Then cover it and cook for 5 minutes.

NB: Crab always taste good if its spicy. So you can increase or decrease the masala according to your spicy choice.

Crab Nadan Roast is ready. You can serve with Rice , Roti , or Bread.