Crab Meat Fry (Shelless)

Ingredients

• 500 g crab, cleaned (in shell) (நண்டு)
• 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste (used in two parts) (இஞ்சி பூண்டு விழுது)
• 2 green chillies (பச்சை மிளகாய்)
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder (மஞ்சள் தூள்)
• 1 tbsp black pepper powder (மிளகுத்தூள்)
• 1 tbsp fennel powder (சோம்புத்தூள்)
• as needed, to taste curry leaves, rock salt (கறிவேப்பிலை, இந்துப்பு)
• 2 tbsp coconut oil (தேங்காய் எண்ணெய்)

Method

1. Fry the green chillies in a little oil, add 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, then the crab with a little water, salt and turmeric; cook until done.
2. Lift out the crab, crack the shells and pick out the meat. Keep the cooking liquid to drink as a soup.
3. Heat the remaining oil, crackle curry leaves, saute the rest of the ginger-garlic paste and add the crab meat.
4. Toss with pepper powder, fennel powder and salt until well coated.

Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 94. Method rewritten in our own words; ingredient quantities follow the book, with gram weights estimated for the nutrition figures. The book thanks the Arokkiya Unavugal (Healthy Foods) Facebook group and tamilpaleorecipes.com.