Crab Curry (Nandu curry)

Ingredients

• Crabs - 5 (big size)
• Onion - 2 (chopped nicely)
• Green Chillies - 6
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Tamarind pulp - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cloves - 2
• Fennel - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1.5 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic - 8 cloves
• Salt for taste
• Oil - 3 tsp
• Curry leaves - a handful

Method 

• In kadai add the crabs, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp turmeric and boil them, till they become soft. 
• Break the bigger claws and take out the flesh from it and keep aside in a bowl. The body and other claws can be put as it is.
• Meanwhile, grind the scraped coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds, garlic to a fine paste.
• In another kadai, heat up oil on medium flame and add the cloves, fennel.
• When they start spluttering, add the finely chopped onions, ginger garlic paste and curry leaves and fry well.
• Mix the ground paste, salt, crab body and smaller claws, tamarind paste and the remaining turmeric powder and 1/2 cup water and cook till the raw smell of ground paste goes off.
• Now add the flesh to the curry, stir for 1 minute and switch off the stove.
• Serve hot the crab curry.