Curried Crab & Dumplings

Preparation info
  • Serves:

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

This dish is from Shairoon Nicholas of Santa Cruz, located in the valley of Trinidad’s Northern Range. Most blue crabs come from the Mayaro area along the southeast coast. Popular throughout the country, this dish is a particular favorite on Tobago, Trinidad’s sister island.

Ingredients

Dumplings

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Pinch of coarse salt
  • ½ teaspoon

Method

Make Dumpling Dough

1 Combine the flour, salt, oregano, and garlic powder in a bowl. Using an electric mixer to blend, slowly add about ¾ cup of water, just until dough comes together into a ball. Knead by hand for 2 minutes to form a firm, hard dough. Set aside to rest for 15 minutes.

Prepare Crab

2 Pou