Name: Bengali style Crab Curry / Kankrar Jhol recipe by Amrita Roy at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Crab - 2 nos, cut into pieces (around 500 gm); Potatoes - 2 Medium size, cut into halves; Onion - 2 medium, paste; Garlic Paste - 1 teaspoon; Ginger Paste - 11/2 teaspoon; Turmeric Powder - 11/2 teaspoon; Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon; Cumin Powder - 1 teaspoon; Coriander Powder - 11/2 teaspoon; Salt to taste; Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon; Tomato Puree - 2 tablespoon; Green Chilli - 2 to 3; Cardamom - 2; Clove - 2; Cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick; Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 teaspoon; Mustard Oil - 1/2 cup

ABOUT Bengali style Crab Curry / Kankrar Jhol RECIPE

Bengali style Crab Curry is also known as Kankrar jhol. Just like any other non-veg recipes it is cooked in a onion-garlic-giner base gravy. But the addition of crab into it gives an exotic taste to the curry. Also addition of potatoes makes it a more authentic Bengali dish.

Ingredients Serving: 2

Crab - 2 nos, cut into pieces (around 500 gm)
Potatoes - 2 Medium size, cut into halves
Onion - 2 medium, paste
Garlic Paste - 1 teaspoon
Ginger Paste - 11/2 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 11/2 teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon
Cumin Powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander Powder - 11/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon
Tomato Puree - 2 tablespoon
Green Chilli - 2 to 3
Cardamom - 2
Clove - 2
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard Oil - 1/2 cup

Instructions

Clean the crab with warm water and marinate with salt, turmeric and red chilli powder for 15 minutes.
Heat 1/4 cup of oil and fry the crab pieces on a medium flame covering with a lid.
Take out the fried crab pieces and keep aside.
Add the remaining oil into the pan and heat it.
Fry the potato pieces well with little salt and turmeric and keep aside.
Now add cinnamon stick, clove and cardamom into the oil.
Once they start crackling add onion paste and keep on stirring until it is cooked properly.
Next add ginger and garlic paste and cook well.
After that add all the dry spices turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and sugar. Mix them well.
Next add tomato puree, green chilli and cook well.
At this stage add 1/4 cup of water to avoid burning of the spices.
Finally add fried potatoes and crab pieces and mix with the spices.
Add required water (approximately 11/2 cup) and allow it boil under medium flame for 6 to 8 minutes.
Switch off the gas and serve hot with plain white rice.

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