Crab Butter garlic

Ingredients:

1 whole crab

8 Sliced shallots

6 tsp Butter

8 flakes sliced Garlic

¼ cup Lemon juice

1/4 cup Stock

A sprig curry leaves

½ Mustard seeds

½ tsp Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

1 tsp freshly Ground pepper

A few chopped Coriander leaves

1 tsp Rice paste (optional)

Method:

Chop the crab into pieces, discarding the top shell. Marinate the crab with salt and turmeric and set aside for 15 minutes. Melt butter in a pan, add the mustard seeds,curry leaves, shallots,garlic and saute until onion becomes light brown. Add the marinated crab pieces, stock, crushed pepper and simmer  for 8 minutes until the crab is cooked. Add 1 tsp rice paste and stir to get thick gravy. When the crab is done, turn-off the heat,top with 1 tsp butter and lime juice. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.