Crab Roast

   Crab Roast
 Nadan Style Njandu Roast

It tastes awesome! Spicy and yummy and a must try recipe. ... Try this tasty Kerala Style Crab Masala Roast recipe and enjoy .
Seafood and Crab lovers- Enjoy!!

Ingredients
1 kg crab
21/2 tsp chili powder
3 tsp coriander powder
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
3 large onions thinly sliced
1 tsp meat masala/ garam masala
2 tsp pepper powder
3 large tomatoes chopped
8 tsp coconut oil
3 green chilies slit open
salt enough to taste
15 curry leaves

Cleaning the crab

Remove the top shell  . Cut the crabs into two pieces from center and detach the legs. Then clean the pieces in running tap water for a while. Take water in a large bowl and add some salt and turmeric powder in it. Put the crabs in this water  for 10 to 15 minutes to clean it well. Take out the crab and drain it.

Cooking the crab

1. Take some water in a large vessel and boil it (water enough to dip all the crab pieces).

2. Add some salt in the water.

3. Once the water starts boiling, add the cleaned crab pieces in it. After 10 to 12 minutes, you see that the black spots on the crabs turn orange. This shows that the crabs are cooked.

4. Remove the crab from the water and keep aside. You can use this water for roasting the crabs. If you are using this water for roasting, you should be careful about the salt you add in the masala as we already added some salt in this water.
 5. Crack the legs with  back of knife, just two strikes, so flavor get into the meat and the meat comes out easily

Roasting the crab

1. Heat 5 tsp of coconut oil in a kadai.

2. Add chopped garlic and ginger to the oil and sauté until the raw smell goes.

3. Add the sliced onions and green chilies to it and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes.

4. Add the chopped tomatoes to it and stir well.

5. Once the tomatoes are cooked, add enough salt, chili powder, coriander powder, meat masala and 2 tsp of coconut oil and stir well for 5 minutes.

6. Now the gravy will be somewhat thick and at this stage add the pepper powder and stir well for another 2 minutes.

7. Now put the cooked crab pieces into this gravy and stir well for 2 to 3 minutes so that all the crabs get covered by the masala.

8. At this stage, add 1/2 cup of water to this and stir well until the gravy is thick (Make sure it is not too dry).

9. Now add 1/2 tsp of pepper powder, curry leaves and 1 tsp of coconut oil and stir well for 1 minute and turn off the stove.

The spicy crab roast is ready!!
Transfer this to a serving plate and decorate with curry leaves and green chilly.

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