This crab gravy using coconut milk is prepared in villages with small crabs. Here I have preferred the same with flower crabs. You can prepare this Curry with or without coconut milk. I have prepared by adding the coconut milk.

Also you can make this more spicy by adding more chili powder or black pepper. That is purely your option. Here I have a added only coconut milk and omitted the black pepper since I’m going to give this gravy to my kids. So you can test by adding these different options according to your spice level.

If you want to know how to clean the crabs you can check my video here. Also if you like other crab recipes you can check the below ones.

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Crab gravy using coconut milk recipe

This crab gravy using coconut milk is prepared in villages with small crabs. Here I have preferred the same with flower crabs. You can prepare this Curry with or without coconut milk. I have prepared by adding the coconut milk

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Keyword crab gravy using coconut milk

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 5

Author Akila

Ingredients

For marination

• Crabs - 2
• Chili powder - 1/2 a teaspoon
• coriander powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• salt - 1/2 teaspoon
• turmeric - 1/2 a teaspoon

To grind

• Onion - 2
• tomato - 2
• green chili - 1 or 2
• Black pepper - 1/4 tsp optional ( here I didn't add)

Other ingredients

• Oil 5 to 6 tbsp
• Chili powder coriander powder, salt - 1/2 tsp or as needed
• Salt- as per taste
• Curry leaves - little
• coriander leaves - little
• water - 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup or as needed to cook the crab
• Coconut milk - 3/4 to 1 Cup

Spices

• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cloves - 5 or 6
• cardamom - 2
• cinnamon stick stick - 2 inch crushed
• bay leaves - 2 or 3
• star anise - 1 Or 2 I didn't add, as I didn't have at the time of cooking

Instructions

Method to prepare crab gravy using coconut milk

• Marinate Crab with half teaspoon of chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt. Let it rest for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour in a vessel add 2 tbsp of oil and when the oil is hot and finely chopped onion and sort it nicely.
• Once the onions are translucent and the finely chopped tomatoes and the green chili.
• Saute the tomatoes until it becomes mushy. Now transfer the content to a food processor and grind them into a coarse paste.
• In the same vessel add 4 tbsp of oil and add the spices one by one and fry for a min.
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell of ginger goes off.
• Add the coarse onion tomato paste and allow to boil for 5 min in medium flame.
• Add the marinated crabs.
• Add salt, chili powder, coriander powder turmeric if needed.
• Add the handful of coriander and Curry leaves.
• Now Add the water and cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the crabs are cooked nicely.
• Once the crabs are nicely cooked add one cup of coconut milk and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes.
• Once the gravy becomes thick, switch off the stove.
• Crab Gravy is ready to be served.

Notes

See Notes Below 

step by step instructions of crab gravy using coconut milk

Ingredients

For marination

• Crabs – 2
• Chili powder – 1/2 a teaspoon
• coriander powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• turmeric – 1/2 a teaspoon

To grind

• Onion – 2
• tomato – 2
• green chili – 1 or 2
• Black pepper – 1/4 tsp (optional) ( here I didn’t add)

Other ingredients

• Oil 5 to 6 tbsp
• Chili powder, coriander powder, salt – 1/2 tsp or as needed
• Salt- as per taste
• Curry leaves – little
• coriander leaves – little
• water – 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup (or as needed to cook the crab)
• Coconut milk – 3/4 to 1 Cup

Spices

• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
• cloves – 5 or 6
• cardamom – 2
• cinnamon stick stick – 2 inch crushed
• bay leaves – 2 or 3
• star anise – 1 Or 2 ( I didn’t add, as I didn’t have at the time of cooking )

Method to prepare crab gravy using coconut milk

1. Marinate Crab with half teaspoon of chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt. Let it rest for 1 hour.

2. After 1 hour in a vessel add 2 tbsp of oil and when the oil is hot and finely chopped onion and sort it nicely.

3. Once the onions are translucent and the finely chopped tomatoes and the green chili.

4. Saute the tomatoes until it becomes mushy. Now transfer the content to a food processor and grind them into a coarse paste.

5. In the same vessel add 4 tbsp of oil and add the spices one by one and fry for a min.

6. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell of ginger goes off.

7. Add the coarse onion tomato paste and allow to boil for 5 min in medium flame.

8. Now Add the marinated crabs.

9. Now Add salt, chili powder, coriander powder turmeric if needed.

10. Add the handful of coriander and Curry leaves.

11. Now Add the water and cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the crabs are cooked nicely.

12. Once the crabs are nicely cooked add one cup of coconut milk and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes.

13. Once the gravy becomes thick, switch off the stove.

14. Crab Gravy is ready to be served.

Yummy yummy crab gravy with coconut milk is ready.

Notes

1. As mentioned you can increase the green chili according to your spice level.

2. also you can add half teaspoon of black pepper along with the green chili and tomatoes and grind and use as usual.

3. Since we add coconut milk this gravy will have mild spiciness and little bit of sweetness.

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