crab curry
Seasoned shellfish dish
Crab curry is a dish of crab meat cooked in a spiced sauce, common in South Asian, Southeast Asian, and coastal cuisines.
The curry base typically includes coconut milk, tomatoes, or both, with regional spice variations: Sri Lankan crab curry, Goan crab curry.
The dish usually features whole crab pieces, shell-on, requiring hands-on eating.
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- fresh catchRecently caught seafood
- coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- spice blendCombined culinary aromatics
shellfish · turmeric · ginger · garlic · chili · coastal · coastal cuisine · Kerala · Sri Lankan · banana leaf · claws · shell · simmering · aromatic · creamy · fiery · tamarind · steaming
- Goan foodvindaloo, pork vindaloo, poi, fish fry, feijoada
- Asian Seafoodsteamed fish, prawns, fish balls, fish cakes, fried fish
- South Indian Foodidli, dosa, sambar, thali, masala dosa
- Thai foodpad thai, tom yum, sticky rice, tom kha, drunken noodles
- Sri Lankan foodhoppers
- non-vegchicken, mutton, beef, pork, goat
protein source
crab currychickpea curry
Spiced legume dish in sauce
lamb curry · beef curry · chicken curry · potato curry · aloo gobi
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