Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, srilankan crab curry # surf. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

A Spicy Sri Lankan Crab Curry so good, that it makes you do a happy dance, sing its praises and forget all that hard work of cracking the claws and crab shells to get to the good stuff! No matter where I lived or how old I was, making and eating this spicy Sri Lankan crab curry was an event. This famous Sri Lankan curry involves a bit of preparation and love cleaning the crab but you'll be richly rewarded by this flavoursome dish.

Srilankan crab curry # surf is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Srilankan crab curry # surf is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have srilankan crab curry # surf using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Srilankan crab curry # surf:

1. Make ready leave mud crab about 1.5 kg
2. Get onion diced
3. Take green chillies
4. Take Hands full curry
5. Prepare shredded coconut
6. Make ready pepper
7. Make ready fennel seeds
8. Prepare coconut oil
9. Get water
10. Take Jaffna curry powder
11. Take coriander
12. Prepare cummin seeds
13. Make ready black peppercorns
14. Get mustard
15. Get cloves
16. Prepare cardamom pods
17. Take fennel
18. Take coconutilk
19. Prepare tamarind paste
20. Take Juice of one lime
21. Prepare drum stick leaves if not just coriander leaves will do

I prepared this curry for the first time in Sri Lankan potluck #wildasperagustable hosted by Inderpreet Nagpal, the founder of Herb's and spices, and organised by Saloni , the cofounder at FBAI and chef Ananya Banerjee. Crab curry is one of the tastiest dishes in Sri Lanka. Just like other seafood dishes, this spicy crab curry dish also a favorite dish for people who visited Sri Lanka. We Sri Lankans mostly cook seafood especially this crab curry with perfect spices and mixes.

Steps to make Srilankan crab curry # surf:

1. Put the crabs in the freezer for 1 hour to immobilise them. Pull off the top shells, pull out the spongy grey gills and remove the guts. Wash clean and put the crab in boiling water along with little salt snd turmeric powder (I do this to remove the raw smell and firm up the flesh) 5 minutes.. Remove, chop the crab into 6 pieces..
2. For the curry powderPlace the rice on a dry non-stick pan. Heat over medium heat until the rice starts to turn light brown. - Add the rest of the spices and pan roast for a further 3 - 5 minutes until the spices start to brown, toast and become aromatic. Keep moving the pan to prevent the spices from burning. - Remove from the heat and let the spices cool. - Once the spices cool down - use a spice grinder (or a mortar and pestle) to grind the spice mix into a powder in batches and mix well. Store
3. Heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan, add the onions, curry leaves, chillies and cook for a few minutes or until the onions are golden
4. Add the coconut paste.. saute' - Add the curry powder, chilli powder and turmeric mix in and add the crab and cook for another 3 minutes, at this stage you need to stir it a lot so the spices don’t burn.
5. Then add the coconut milk, the tamarind paste, stir and add the water.
6. Cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until crab is just cooked through and sauce has thickened. Stir in the drumstick leaves, lime juice and season to taste with salt. - Enjoy with hit steamed rice..

In Sri Lanka, crab is one of the top-wanted items on a seafood menu. We've made a Sri Lankan classic: Crab Curry. While commonly a whole crab sits in a bowl, we've created a more manageable version with ready-picked crabmeat. The sweetness from the crab and creaminess from the coconut are paired with a zingy lime and cucumber salad and served over fluffy rice. Place the crab in a pan and add the shallots, chiles, garlic, ginger, turmeric, fenugreek, chile powder, paprika powder, cinnamon stick, curry powder, curry leaves, coriander leaves and thin coconut milk and cook until crabs are done.

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