Crab Sukka

Crab - A delicious sea food option. If crab is on the menu, there is always a sense of excitment surrounding the table. When you lay your hands on this tantalizing, mouth watering dish, you tend to talk less and work more :-)

Ingredients | Serves 3/4


1 Kg | Crab
4 | Medium sized onions
1/2 | Coconut
2-1/2 Tsp | Coriander seeds fried
10-12 | Red Chillies fried
1/2 Tsp | Jeera
1/2 Tsp |Pepper fried
1/4 Tsp | Methi Seeds fried
1/4 Tsp | Turmeric
10-15 | Garlic Cloves
Tamarind about the size of half a lemon
Salt to taste

Make a fine paste of 2 onions, red chillies, coriander, jeera, methi, pepper, garlic, turmeric and tamarind and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan/kadai. Fry 2 finely chopped onions until they turn brown. Now put in the crab, add some salt and mix. Add about 1/2 quantity of the paste into this and Pour about 1/2 a glass of water. Mix well and place a lid. Let the crab cook on medium flame. To the remaining paste in the mixie, add grated coconut and grind it to a coarse paste.
Once the crab is cooked, add the coconut paste and mix well. Leave this to cook for another 5 to 10 minutes on slow flame.
Crab sukka is ready to be devoured :-)! This can be teamed with dosa, idly or bread. It tastes excellent with Neer Dosa.