Recipe: Perfect South African Indian Crab Curry

South African Indian Crab Curry.

You can have South African Indian Crab Curry using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of South African Indian Crab Curry

1. It's 2 of onion, chopped fine.
2. You need 3 kg of orange crabs cleaned and chopped.
3. Prepare 3 tbsp of ginger and garlic grated.
4. It's 1 of curry leaves.
5. You need 5 of green chillies.
6. It's 10 of jam (rosa) tomatoes.
7. It's 4 tsp of curry powder.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
9. You need 2 tsp of ground cumin.
10. You need 4 tbsp of olive oil.
11. It's 2 tsp of salt to start. add more after tasting.
12. It's 1 tsp of brown sugar.
13. It's 1/4 cup of tamarind water.

South African Indian Crab Curry instructions

1. In a large pot heat oil and brown onions..
2. Add green chillies, curry leaves, ginger and garlic.
3. Place in all the crab lower to medium heat, replace the lid and simmer for 10 minutes..
4. Next add in all spices, mix and cook for a further 3-4 minutes..
5. Liquidise the tomatoes and and add to the pot. Add salt to taste as well as brown sugar to cut acidity.
6. Mix through, replace the lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes..
7. Next, remove the lid, increase the heat to remove excess water from the tomatoes and thicken the gravy..
8. Pour in the tamarind water and bring to the boil to finish..
9. Remove from heat and leave to stand. The gravy will thicken on standing..
10. Serve hot with basmati rice!.