Hello and welcome to Masala Trails, season 2.
Today, I'm making a recipe
to me is an antidote to any sad day in my life.
This is a recipe that you will find
commonly across different parts of South India,
with just a slight variation here and there.
I'm making a version today that I like best.
This is Crab Sukha Fry,
or Crab Dry Fry. So let's just get started.
To start with
I'm just going to make a fine paste
of some Dried Red Chillies, I have about 7-8 of them over here.
some Tamarind, this is literally a ball of Tamarind,
I've got some Ginger here as well.
I'm gonna add about 6-8 pods of Garlic.
Now to this, I'm going to add,
a tsp of Coriander Seeds, actually maybe another tsp as well.
Now I'm gonna add another 2 tsp of Cumin Seeds,
1/2 tsp of Turmeric.
We'll give it a good wiz!
Now to this I'm going to add some Water right now.
I'm just gonna mix everything together,
with a little bit of water so that it's
sort of not hiding on the, you know the different corners of the bowl.
Give it a good mix again.
Perfect!
Now to this I'm going to add a cup of freshly dessicated Coconut.
Give it a good viz.
I don't want this to be super fine so, I'm gonna add
some water but I'm gonna make sure it's a little coarse as well.
Just keep giving everything a good mix,
you want it to bind together but at the same time you want it to remain coarse.
So constantly keep mixing it.
I'm gonna add Water periodically, as and when I think it's necessary.
Now this is sort of the consistency you want,
as you can see it's not really fine
but neither it is like, something that you gonna bite into specifically.
So now I'm just going to let my Masala rest for a bit,
we're gonna come back to it.
So let's get on to stage 2, which is to start your pan.
So now I'm gonna add some Oil.
I am using regular vegetable oil,
but you could also use Coconut Oil.
Ideally try not using Olive Oil or anything Bran or Rice Bran,
stick to simple light Oils.
I've added some Vegetable Oil.
To this, I'm just gonna add a bit of Curry Leaves,
I'm gonna add some Onions, I've cut about 2 medium sized Onions.
At this stage, I'm gonna add some Salt to taste.
We didn't add any in the Masala,
I'm still gonna go easy and keep adding as and when I want it.
I don't want my Onions to brown too much but,
but I also want them to sweat completely and become really soft.
So now you can see that my Onions have sort of completely cooked through.
They're also like a lovely golden hue.
So to this I'm going to add the that we made in stage 1.
Just mix in your Onions and the Masala.
So we're gonna keep stirring the Masala for good 2-4 minutes..
..because I want the raw smell of the Masala to go away.
Because if you remember, we used raw Coconut, raw spices and everything.
So you don't want that sort of taste to be lingering.
In that sort of way,
Okay, so give it a good stir.
And keep sautéing...
I'm just gonna add just a little bit of Water, just a very little.
So just that my spices don't burn in this.
So I'm just gonna keep stirring it on high flame for the next again 2-4 minutes.
So now to this I'm going to add my Crabs.
So I'm making this just for myself today, which is why
I'm gonna just stick with a crab, but
you know I've made more of the Masalas, the spices,
because I also like that.
You could put in 2 Crabs at this point, if you like
because there is enough spices for one more crab but
like I said it's just me so I'm gonna make just it for just myself.
So now to this I'm just gonna add some Water.
Again I'm gonna go easy on the Water
I'm gonna keep adding as and when required.
I want it to be like a nice, dry sort of dish,
and I'm gonna let all the Water dry out as well.
And I'm just going to let it sit on low flame for next 5 mins.
So now my meat is cooked, my crab meat is cooked.
I'm just gonna put my pan on a high flame,
and give a good stir continuously, for next 3-4 mins.
I want it to sort of like get a little brown and roasted kinds.
So that was my Crab Sukha Fry,
just serve it with a dash of Lemon and it's good to go.
You can have it with Chapatis, Breads, Rice, really the possibilities are endless,
For me, this is also a great sort of Sunday brunch
you're lazy and you've had a long night before
So this is sort of a great hangover cure as well.
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