Crab Meat Rice

 I love crab and I was quite elated to get the crabmeat this morning along with fish that the husband ordered for himself.
I wanted to cook up something really nice and spicy and decided to go in for a nice dry version of the crab.
Finely sliced loads of shallots, crushed ginger,garlic, pepper corns and fennel seeds in a mortar and pestle and threw them all into a saucepan which had a tbsp. of oil and mustard seeds crackling in it. OMG! the aroma was amazing! As they slightly browned added a bit of turmeric,pepper powder,cumin powder,coriander powder and sauteed them all well till the raw smell of the spices has slowly left the pan and you are left with nice dry sauteed shallots, in went in a few curry leaves, a bit of water to moisten everything and then I squeezed in a whole lime and added some Kashmiri chilly for spice and colour. Kept stirring them with the spatula.

 In the midst of this stirring,I added in some tamarind extract/pulp. I had used a concentrate that I get in sachets. Thoroughly stir them through along with the shallots. At this point add in adequate salt and your fresh crab meat. In no time the dish is done. Allow the crab to merge and get familiarised with the others in the saucepan. Taste for salt and other spices.

Add in a few diced green bell peppers and a few cashewnuts for presentation. If you like raisins you can add that as well. Stir well. On its own this becomes a nice spicy,delectable crab meat dish and can be used to stuff your buns,samosas or in your sandwiches.
But, I took it a notch further by adding in some left over plain rice. The reason I did this was because the level of salt in the dish was a tad bit high-a kitchen blooper I admit and to counter that I added a nice bowl of rice and it did help.
Of course it was a bit spicy for the husband owing to the crushed ginger,pepper corns and the Kashmiri chilly powder and it was perfect as the spicy crab meat dish. I was Ok with the spice and did add a nice raitha as an accompaniment to the crab rice.

Loved this simple lunch and boy it was different. I could almost smell the sea.
Got some more crab meat...will come up with atleast two more dishes until they are used up.
Once again, Supreme SeaFood has come to my rescue. The delivery was prompt,our call attended to with kindness and all my mails attended to personally. Although I would love to see the prices come down a bit here and there, I know for sure they have a loyal customer in us.