Ingredients:

• 8 – crabs, parboiled
• 7 – medium onions, chopped finely
• 3 – Garlic flakes
• 1 inch Ginger
• 4 – Green chillies
• 1 cup – coconut, grated
• 2 tsp – Tamarind pulp
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tbsp – bottle masala
• 3 tbsp – oil
• For garnishing:
• 1/2 cup – grated Coconut
• chopped Coriander leaves

Method:

1. Clean the crab, open shell and remove the stomach sac and the feather gills.
2. Roast the onion, ginger, garlic, chillies, coconut and grind them to a fine paste.
3. Add bottle masala, tamarind pulp, salt and mix well.
4. Stuff the crab with masala filling and tie the crabs.
5. Take oil in a pan, add the crabs and steam it till done.
6. Snip off the threads used to tie the crabs together. Garnish with grated coconut and coriander leaves.

Recipe courtesy of Priscilla Farro