Crab & Tamarind Curry
 
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This lip smacking recipe was handed down from my Grandmother, to my Father, to me, and is one for those who don’t mind getting messy! So put a napkin on, or eat it naked and get stuck in!
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Seafood
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1 large mangrove crab, cleaned portioned
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • 4 green chilies, chopped
  • 1 large bulb ginger, grated
  • 4 cloves crushed garlic
  • 4 tsp. curry powder
  • 1 bunch fresh dhania (coriander)
  • 200ml tamarind juice
  • 4tsp brown sugar
  • seasoning
  • 2 tins chopped tomatoes
  • corn oil for cooking
Instructions
  1. In a large saucepan add the cooking oil and heat.
  2. Fry the curry powder in the hot oil for 1 min, till it starts to release its aroma.
  3. Add the chilies, onions, garlic and ginger and fry till they start to brown
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes and tamarind juice and cook till a nice sauce has formed.
  5. Add the crab and cook for 20 mins with the lid on
  6. Remove the lid and cook for a further 5 mins.
  7. Add the sugar
  8. Just before serving add the chopped dhania and serve with chapattis
Recipe by Chef Kiran Jethwa at https://www.kiranjethwa.net/recipes/crab-tamarind-curry/