MasterChef 2019 Apron Winning Crab Curry – Dee-Licious

Ingredients

• Blue swimmer crab: 1
• Red onion diced: ½
• Garlic cloves roughly chopped: 2-3
• Curry leaves: 10
• Bird’s eye chillies roughly chopped: 4
• Spring of coriander leaves with the roots: 1
• Ginger: ¼ inch
• Salt: 2 tsp
• **Dried Spices**
• Coriander seeds: 2 tsp
• black peppercorn: 5-6
• dried red chilies: 4-5
• Cinnamon Stick: ½ inch
• Cardamom Pods: 2
• cloves: 2
• cumin seeds: 1 tsp
• fennel seeds: 1 tsp
• dried bay leaves: 1
• **Curry Paste**
• coconuto oil: 2 - 3 tbs
• fenugreek seeds: 1 tsp
• mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• dried red chillies: 3-4
• red onion sliced: ½
• garlic cloves chopped: 2-3
• pandan leaf chopped: 1-1
• Curry leaves: 8-10
• cup of water: 1
• cup coconut milk: 1 ¼
• dark palm sugar grated: 25g
• tamarind paste or pulp: 2 tsp
• **Garnish / Directions - To Serve**
• steamed rice: 1 cup
• Coriander leaves or fried curry leaves
• Chopped fresh chilies or fried dried red chilies