Note: We can clean the crabs, then break their legs and add them for cooking or just put the whole crab into pan for cooking. By breaking legs, cooking becomes a little easier. 

1.    Place a big pan on the burner, turn on the flame. (Prefer a wide mouthed vessel that can hold 1 kg of crab and masala for cooking). Into the pan –

• Pour oil – 100 ml
• Onions – 3 medium-sized, chopped into very small pieces – Start stirring the onions in high flame till they turn reddish brown.

2.    Once onions turn brown, turn the flame to low mode.

• Then add the green chillies (take 4, cut into smaller pieces) to the pan and stir it for 60 seconds.
• After that, sprinkle the coriander leaves that are cut into small, stir for 10 seconds.
• Put 1 tablespoon of ‘Ginger-garlic paste’ and stir it for 20 seconds.

3.    Then let’s add the below spices to the pan –

• Fennel seeds powder – 1/2 tablespoon
• Coriander Powder – 1 tablespoon.
• Salt – 1/4 tablespoon.
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tablespoon.
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tablespoon.

Start stirring the contents for 20 to 30 seconds.

4.    Now, lets add the chopped tomatoes (2 medium sized ones).

• Turn on the flame to HIGH mode.
• Stir well for 1 minute.
• After that turn the flame to medium
• Now stir the tomatoes and masala contents together for another 4 minutes in medium flame itself.

So, by doing like this, the tomatoes get cooked well and then get smashed to a fine paste, to obtain the required gravy.

5.    Now, lets add the blue crab (cleaned) to the pan with masala content in it. Pour 250 ml of water to the pan. Stir the contents gently so that masala gets coated on to all the crabs.

Note: We can use two spoons or spatulas for stirring purpose, to avoid crabs from falling off the pan.

6.    Close the pan with a lid. Turn the flame to low mode. Leave the crab to get cooked in low flame for the next 10 minutes.

7.    After 10 minutes, remove the lid. Turn the flame to HIGH mode. Stir gently for some time till the water in gravy evaporates.

8.    Once water evaporates, we will obtain a thick gravy. Now, try to move the crab pieces all to one side of pan and the masala will be on the other side of pan. Then we can add the below 2 spices to the masala (gravy in pan) –

• Cumin powder – 1/2 tablespoon
• Pepper powder – 1 tablespoon

Stir so that these 2 spices mix well with the gravy that is already available in pan.

Note: We are separating the gravy and then adding these 2 spices – so that mixing will be easier and complete.

9.    Also, we can add lemon juice (taken from half lemon) to the masala gravy and mix it well. (If we are preparing this dish to treat cold and throat pain – lets avoid adding lemon juice).

10.    Now, let’s stir for 10 seconds and mix all the masala contents and crabs together. That’s all guys, our crab masala curry is ready to be tasted.