Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, south african indian crab curry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This South African Crab Curry recipe is a favourite in many South African homes as South Africa has a lot of Indian influence so this crab curry is very well recognized in the city of Durban. This curry however is very similar to the South Indian recipe as many of our ancestors arrived from India years back & have passed these recipes down for generations. South African Indian Crab Curry I got given this recipe by my best friend's mum.

South African Indian Crab Curry is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. South African Indian Crab Curry is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook south african indian crab curry using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make South African Indian Crab Curry:

1. Make ready 2 onion, chopped fine
2. Get 3 kg orange crabs cleaned and chopped
3. Get 3 tbsp ginger and garlic grated
4. Get 1 curry leaves
5. Make ready 5 green chillies
6. Get 10 jam (rosa) tomatoes
7. Take 4 tsp curry powder
8. Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
9. Take 2 tsp ground cumin
10. Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil
11. Make ready 2 tsp salt to start. add more after tasting
12. Make ready 1 tsp brown sugar
13. Make ready 1/4 cup tamarind water

The Very Best Durban Crab Curry Recipe South Indian Style Add crab pieces, salt, tumeric and ginger and garlic. Add kashmiri chilli powder, kashmiri mixed masala,crushed chillis, powdered seeds and curry leaves to crab. Braise for a few minutes till masalas are well coated on the meat.

Instructions to make South African Indian Crab Curry:

1. In a large pot heat oil and brown onions.
2. Add green chillies, curry leaves, ginger and garlic
3. Place in all the crab lower to medium heat, replace the lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Next add in all spices, mix and cook for a further 3-4 minutes.
5. Liquidise the tomatoes and and add to the pot. Add salt to taste as well as brown sugar to cut acidity
6. Mix through, replace the lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
7. Next, remove the lid, increase the heat to remove excess water from the tomatoes and thicken the gravy.
8. Pour in the tamarind water and bring to the boil to finish.
9. Remove from heat and leave to stand. The gravy will thicken on standing.
10. Serve hot with basmati rice!

This is the original Durban Crab Curry recipe by the man who practically invented the dish. The beauty of this recipe, is it's simplicity. The secret is in the ingredients, so take care to use the exact measurements and quantities. This is Vijay Govenders Famous Recipe - enjoy. All this makes this curry special and mouth watering.

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