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Crab fry

By Bhavana

Crab fry is a very simple and easy to prepare it is a fragrant medley of spices and aromatics. Its spicy punch is set off deliciously by the sweet crab meat. The crab with its outer hard shell and inner flesh forms a great combination, when it mixes with the masala.

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featured image crab fry
Prep
10 mins
Cook
15 mins
Total
25 mins
Yields
4 servings
Category
Mains

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Boil 2 cups of water in a vessel, when water comes to boil, add enough salt, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder to it. Add the crabs to boiling water and cook for 3-5 minutes, drain the water and keep crabs aside

    cooking of crabs
  2. Heat the oil in a pan firstly add curry leaves then onions, red chillies and salt saute till onions turns brown in colour. Add then add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Next add black pepper and coriander powder. Fry this mixture until oil separates from the masala and most of the moisture has evaporated.

    frying of onions crab fry
  3. Add the crab pieces, Toss everything together for about 5 minutes till all the crab pieces are well coated with masala.
    Mouth-watering crab fry is ready to serve.

    cooked crabs
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Bhavana

Bhavana cooks the Rayalaseema and Andhra dishes she grew up with, and writes each recipe so that you can follow it the first time you cook it. On Tastite, she shares the breakfasts, curries, chutneys, and snacks from her home kitchen.

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