Kerala Nandu Masala

Name: Kerala Nandu Masala
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 50 g/3 Tbs Garlic paste; 50 g/3 Tbs Ginger paste; 3 g/½ tsp Turmeric; 3 g/½ tsp Red Chilli powder; 400 g/1¾ cups Tomatoes; Salt; 2 Green Chillies; 75 g/1 cup Coconut; 20 g/⅓ cup Coriander; 10 Curry Leaves; 8 Crab (medium size); 100 ml/7 Tbs Groundnut Oil; 2 g/½ tsp Mustard seeds; 2 Whole Red Chillies; 120 g/⅔ cup Onions

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

A coconut-flavoured crab curry. Extracting the meat from the shell is an easily acquired art and that is half the fun of eating this mild delicacy.

Ingredients

8 Crab (medium size)
100 ml/7 Tbs Groundnut Oil

Asia
India
Kerala
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preparation

THE CRAB: Rinse in running water, remove and retain claws, cut each into 2 pieces.

THE VEGETABLES: Peel, wash and chop onions. Wash and chop tomatoes. Clean and wash curry leaves. Clean, wash and chop coriander.

THE COCONUT PASTE: Remove the brown skin and grate coconut. Remove stems, wash, slit, deseed and chop green chillies. P