Photo: Elle Hughes
Indian deep-fried soft-shell crab with lime pickle
24 ingredients
2 hr
Serves 4
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These gently spiced deep-fried crabs make a fantastic starter - especially with zingy homemade lime pickle.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
751
Calories
33g
Protein
17g
Fat
114g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Crab | 100g cooked | 97 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Asafoetida | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 500g/1lb 2oz limeslimes
- 2 tbsp fine sea salt
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 4 garlic
- 5cm/2in piece fresh root ginger
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- 1½ tsp mild chilli powder
- 300g/10½oz soft light brown sugar
- 50ml/2fl oz white wine vinegar
- 5cm/2in piece fresh root ginger
- 4 garlic
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 4 tbsp gram flour
- 2 limes
- 4 tbsp groundnut oil
- 8 small soft-shell crabs
- , for deep-frying vegetable oil
- , to taste salt
Directions
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