Kakrar Jhal (Bengali Crab Korma Recipe)

Name: Kakrar Jhal (Bengali Crab Korma Recipe)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 8 pieces Crab (8 Crabs cleaned, separate the legs and slightly crushed); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onions pasted); 3 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste (3 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste); 3 tbsp Tomato Purée (3 tablespoon Homemade tomato puree); 1 tsp Green Chili Paste (1 teaspoon Green Chilli paste); 2 tsp Red Chili (2 teaspoon Fresh Red Chilli paste); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu) white ones, paste); 2 tsp Cumin Seeds (2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 1 tsp Garam Masala (1 teaspoon Garam masala powder); ½ cup Cilantro (1/2 cup Coriander (Dhania) Leaves chopped); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 tsp Granulated Sugar (1 teaspoon Sugar); 0 pieces Mustard Oil (Mustard oil to cook)

Kakrar Jhal (Bengali Crab Korma Recipe) - Fish Recipes (Indian)

55 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To prepare Kakrar Jhal, heat 2 tablespoons of mustard oil in a Pan.
2Clean the crabs and put a little salt and turmeric powder.
3Shallow fry the crabs till they turn red in color. Keep it aside.
4Heat remaining oil in the same pan add onion paste and fry till it turns light brown.
5Then add ginger and garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.
6Add cumin powder and turmeric powder and stir for 30 seconds.
7Add green chilli paste, red chilli paste, tomato puree and mustard past, fry for 5 minutes.
8Then add salt, sugar and fried crabs. Stir continuously for 2 minutes.
9Add little water and cover it for 5 minutes or till the crab is cooked and well blended with spices.
10Then add garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves and switch off flame.
11Kakrar jhal / Bengali crab Korma is ready to be served with steamed rice.