recipe

Chettinadu Crab Masala

Ingredients
4 lbs - snow crab
1 med size onion chopped
2  large tomatoes sliced
1  thumb size ginger chopped
6  pods of garlic chopped
1 ~ 2 sp red chilly powder
1/2 cup coconut
1 sp fennel seeds
5  sp cooking oil
few curry leaver
turmeric powder
salt to taste

Method:
1. Cut the crab, 2 inches long
2. In a nonstick kadai, add oil and then the fennel seeds
3. Add ginnger, garlic, onions and fry
4. Then add tomatoes and curry leaves.
5. In a mixie grind it to a paste.
6. Pour the paste to the same pan and bring it to boil
7. Add the crab and turmeric powder,chilly powder, salt  and let it cook.
8. Grind the coconut to a fine paste and add to the crab.

Chef tips : It is easy to cut the crab, when it is frozen
Serve with hot rice