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Crab Tawa Fry
🇮🇳 Indian

Crab Tawa Fry

🇮🇳 Indian

Crab Tawa Fry — coastline cooking: fresh catch, hard spices, and a clock that stops the second it is done. Gives you a proper meal in 35 minutes.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 3 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
  • Curry Leaves1 sprig
  • Lemon1
  • Red Chili Powder2 tsp
  • Coconut Oil3 tbsp
  • Rice Flour3 tbsp
  • Crab1 whole, cleaned

Optional extras

  • Green Chili2
  • Tamarind Paste1 tsp

Instructions

  1. 1

    Marinate the crab in the spices and lemon for 20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Coat in rice flour — a thin, honest layer, not a mask.

  3. 3

    Shallow-fry in coconut oil on medium until crusty and just done, 3-4 minutes a side.

  4. 4

    Serve with onion rings and lemon; the crunch is the whole argument.

Chef's tip

Fish is done when it flakes at a tilt — not when it looks impressive.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Crab Tawa Fry | Spicy Crab Fry | Jeppus Food 4k Video · on YouTube