Chettinad Recipes

Ingredients
Crab – 5
Dried Red Chillies – 12
Grind together:
Pepper – 1
Garlic peeled – 1 Full Pod
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 Teaspoon
Oil – 3 tablespoon
Salt – To taste

Method

Wash the crabs well, cut each crab into 2 pieces, remove the legs separately.
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan, put the cleaned cut crabs along with the legs. Fry well till all the water from the crabs is absorbed.
Mix the ground masala in 1 glass of water, add salt to taste.
Mix well and fry well till the crabs are dry and all the water is absorbed. Remove from fire.

Ingredients

Crabs – 4 medium
Onions – 2 Cut into small pieces
Tomatoes – 2 Cut into small pieces
For Seasoning Mustard seeds – 1/2 A Teaspoon
Fenugreek – 1/2 A Teaspoon
Tamarind pulp – 3 Tablespoon
Curry leaves – A few
Salt – To taste
Oil – 4 Tablespoon

Grind to a paste the following:

Grated Coconut – 2 Tablespoon
Jheera – 1 Teaspoon
Pepper – 2 Teaspoon
Somph – 1 Teaspoon
Chilli Powder – 2 Teaspoon
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 Teaspoon
Garlic flakes peeled – 8 to 10

Method

Heat oil in a deep frying pan, when hot, add mustard and fenugreek. Then add cut onions. Fry for a few minutes, add cut tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft.
Add cleaned and cut crabs, fry for a few minutes.
Add the ground masala and mix well and fry for five minutes.
Add 11/2 glasses of water, mix well, cover the pan, keep stirring from time to time till most of the water is absorbed.
Now add the tamarind juice and salt to taste. Mix well, fry well for five minutes. Add cut curry leaves, mix well and remove from fire.

Ingredients
Minced meat – 1/2 Kilo
Onions – 2 Big cut fine
Garlic – 1 Full pod peeled and cut fine
Salt – To Taste
Oil – 4 Tablespoon

Grind together
Chilli Powder – 2 Tablespoon full
Somph – 1 Teaspoon
Khus Khus – 1 Tablespoon
Cinnamon – 1/2 Inch
Cloves – piece 2
Grated Coconut – 4 Tablespoon

Method
Heat a vessel with 2 glasses of water, add minced meat and ground masala and boil well or pressure cook till meat is cooked.
Heat a deep frying pan with oil, add cut onions and garlic and fry till onions are golden brown.
Then add the cooked meat with the remaining water. Cook till all the water is absorbed, add salt to taste.