Spiced Semolina Crabs and Crab Legs Fry | Rava Fried Crabs
Goan fried crabs is an easy crab recipe in which marinated crabs and crab legs are coated with spiced semolina and shallow fried till crispy. This is also known as rava fried crabs or spiced semolina fried crabs. This can be cooked with soft shell crabs or medium hard shell crabs. When cooked with medium hard shell crabs, discard the shell and eat the crab meat.
Servings 4 People
Equipment
- Tava / frying pan
- Mixing bowl
- Plate
Ingredients
- 4-5 crabs
For marination:
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
For coating:
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/4 tablespoon salt
- 1 cup rava/semolina
- 3 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Break the crab legs.
- Marinate the crabs as follows:
- Add all the crab pieces into a bowl.
- Apply 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon turmeric and 1 teaspoon chilli powder.
- Mix well and keep aside for 15 minutes.
For frying the crabs:
- Mix rava(semolina), 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric powder and chilli powder.
- Coat the marinated crabs in rava.
- Heat the frying pan and spread oil. Place the semolina coated crabs on the pan. Add little oil on top of the crabs and shallow fry on low flame.
- After 10 minutes flip them to the other side. If desired add more oil after flipping to the other side.
- Fry them for 15 minutes. You know they are done when the rava turns brownish and a nice aroma gets emitted from the crab.