You must have tasted crab recipes in different places and must have got the different taste ideas and procedures how to prepare. If you haven’t tasted Odisha famous non-veg crab curry then why not prepare it now and serve to your family and friends !!?

Well to prepare typical Odia crab curry, you first need to understand the balance of masala Odia people use in their recipes. Let me share you the complete procedures with list of steps to prepare it.

Raw Ingredients

• Fresh crabs as per your requirements

• 2 tbsp. mustard oil

• 2 tsp. turmeric powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

Marinate the cleaned crabs with above and let it for 15-20 min so that whole ingredients get inside the crabs.

Now it's time to prepare the curry for this we need below ingredients :

For the Masala preparation we need

• 2-3 large onion

• 1 medium sized tomato

• 5-6 large garlic pods

• 1 inch ginger

• 2-3 dried red chillies

• 1 tsp. cumin seeds

• 1 tsp, black peppercorns

• 2 tsp. mustard seeds

• 1 tbsp. coriander seeds

• 1 tsp. poppy seeds

• 3-4 cloves

• Cinnamon (1 inch)

Take a pan and dry roast dried red chillies, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, mustard seeds coriander seeds, cloves and cinnamon till they start to sputter and release their aromas.

Now in a grinder jar take sliced onions, tomato, garlic pods, ginger, poppy seeds and all the dry masalas and grind to a fine paste.

For the curry we need

• 1 tsp panchfootana

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 tsp garam masala

• 2 cups of hot water

• Mustard oil

• Salt to taste

Preparation :

1. Take about 4 tablespoons of mustard oil in a wok and heat till it reaches the smoking point and add the marinated crab meat. Stir-fry for 5 minutes till the crab changes colour. Remove from the crabs and keep aside.

2. In the same pan stir-fry the thickly sliced potatoes and keep aside.

3. Add bay leaves to the remaining oil, add bay leaves and panchfootana and let them sputter. Add the ground masala paste and stir-fry on a medium flame till the masala leaves oil.

4. Once the masala is fully cooked and the raw smell is gone add the fried crabs and stir-fry another 3-4 minutes.

5. Add the fried potatoes and then add 2 cups of water. Mix it all nicely and reduce the heat to low, adjust the salt, cover it and let it simmer for about 10 minutes or until it is done.

You can either keep the gravy either thick or thin as per your choice.

Once you start getting aroma with crabs smell, sprinkle the garam masala and garnish it with chopped fresh coriander.

Now our special crabs recipe is ready to be served.