Hot Oyster Or Crab Meat Masala

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

• 3 - Cleaned Oyster or Crab meat canned
• 11/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 inch Ginger
• 8 - Garlic pods
• 11/4 tbsp Pepper powder right! we need lots of pepper for this recipe
• 1 nos Red onion
• Green chillies A, a few
• 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds (Perinjeerakam)
• 1/4 cup Coconut — grated
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)
• Curry leaves A, a few
• Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   If using Crab make sure to use only its meat and not with whole shell.

2. Step 2

   Cook oyster meat together with little turmeric, little bit of ginger, lots of pepper, 5 cloves of minced garlic and salt on low heat without water until all the natural water in the meat disappears.

3. Step 3

   Fry the red onion, green chilly and rest of the ginger chops, little coconut chops & fennel seeds seperately.

4. Step 4

   Stir in the cooked meat into it and fry.

5. Step 5

   Grind rest of the coconut, remaining turmeric & garlic and cumin seeds in a blender.

6. Step 6

   Do not grind to a paste ( just as needed for thoran).

7. Step 7

   Add this to the above and fry.

8. Step 8

   Add curry leaves. E N J O Y !