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Kakuluwo (crab Curry)

Make Kakuluwo (crab Curry) at home with Md Size Crabs, Shallots, Green Chillies, Garlic, and Sl Ginger. Serves 1. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• 3
• 50 g
• 2
• 3 clove
• 3
• 25 g
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 2 tsp
• 5
• 25 g
• 50 g
• 250 ml
• 250 ml
• 1
• 2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Place crabs in boiling water for 5 minutes, then remove and clean.

2. 2

   Slice the shallots and chillies, grind garlic and ginger and grate the coconut.

3. 3

   Place the crab in a pan and add the shallots, chillies, garlic, ginger, turmeric, fenugreek, chilli powder, paprika powder, cinnamon stick, curry powder, curry leaves, coriander leaves and thin coconut milk and cook until crabs are done.

4. 4

   Mix the thick coconut milk with the lime juice, salt, grated coconut and the ground rice and add to the pan.

5. 5

   Stir and simmer for approximately 10 minutes.

6. 6

   Remove the cinnamon stick before serving. From: "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN 962 224 010 0