Goan Crab Xacuti Recipe, How to Make Goan Crab Masala
Servings: 6 people
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
This Crab Masala is a delicious Coastal Goan Crab Curry, prepared mostly at Goan Houses. Whenever Crabs are available in the market, this crab xacuti is one of the common dish cooked. Its tastes delicious for the roasted masala, that is used while cooking. Try this crab curry out.
Ingredients
- 8 fresh Crabs
- 2 medium sized chopped Onions
- 2 medium sized chopped Tomatoes
- 1 small ball of Tamarind.
- a little pinch of nutmeg powder pinch
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 7 tbsp oil
- a little pinch of sugar
- salt to taste
- 2 cups water
Roast and Grinding Masala
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 28 flakes garlic
- 1.5 inch fresh ginger cut into small pieces
- 2 tsp poppy seeds khuskhus
- 1/2 coconut grated
- 8 kashmiri chillies
- 7 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1.5 tbsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1.5 inch cinnamon stick
- 8 cloves
- 7 peppercorns
- 3 green caradamon
- 3 tsp fennel seeds saunf
- 1 small flake mace javitri
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Instructions
- Clean and get the Crabs.
- Extract tamarind pulp and keep aside
- Wash the Crabs and drain them. Also the crab legs can be separated and added
- Heat little oil in the frying pan and dry roast the following separately and keep them aside, one chopped onion, coconut, and kashmiri chilies.
- Then fry these ingredients separately and keep them aside, Coriander seeds, Cumin Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Cinnamon, Cloves, Fennel Seeds, Peppercorns, Javitri and Caradamon. Fry them for a minute or till it starts giving a good aroma
- And then gently fry the ginger and garlic and keep aside,
- Finally Grind all these roasted ingredients to a smooth paste adding little water
- In the cooking pan add oil and fry the remaining 2 chopped onions till they are lightly brown
- Then add the tomatoes and fry till they are well cooked for nearly 3 minutes
- Then add sugar, tumeric powder and nutmug powder and cook for a few seconds
- Add the grounded paste, and mix well and saute till you get masala's good aroma .
- Then add the crabs and gently mix it so that it is well covered with the masala
- Then add 1 cup water and the tamarind pulp and bring it to a boil and then cook for about 10 - 15 minutes
- If you require add more water according to your consistency and you can add salt to your taste and cook
- Serve this Goan Crab Masala / Goan Crab Xacuti with coriander leaves dressing and steamed rice, bread or chappati
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