Crabs are lovely seafood with shells. Crabs have a variant taste which can be converted into varieties of dishes and tastes. Here comes a lovely and easy recipe: Crab Ularthiyathu with potato pieces and little masala over it. It requires only the things that we always have in our home but tastes great.
- Crab: 1 kg
- Onion: 2
- Shallots: 10
- Tomato: 2
- Garlic: 5 cloves
- Ginger: 1 piece
- Potato: 2
- Chilly powder: 1 tbs
- Coriander powder: 2 tbs
- Pepper powder: 1 tbs
- Turmeric powder:1 tsp
- Curry leaves: 1-2 strings
- Salt: to taste.
- Oil: little
- Grind shallots, ginger, garlic, green chilly, tomatoes in a mixer jar and convert it into fine paste.
- Peel and cut the potatoes into big pieces.
- Take a clay pot, put cleaned crabs, potato pieces, ground paste, chilly,pepper, coriander and turmeric powders and mic well.
- Add little water and cook with closed lid in low flame till water dries completely.
- Stir in intervals.
- Take a non-stick pan or wok, heat little oil, saute curry leaves and then onion chopped.
- Now add cooked crab along with all other ingredients,mix well .
- Mix well and cook till it turns to light blackish color.
- Give stir in intervals.