Butter Garlic Pepper Crabs

This is a variation on my other crab recipe and the burnt garlic flavour goes very well with the crabs, try it for yourself.

Ingredients

10 small Crabs
10-15 large cloves of garlic (coarsley ground)
1 tablespoon pepper (freshly ground)
25 gms butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 lemon

Method:

1) Clean the crabs and keep aside.
2) Heat Pan and add the butter.
3) Add the olive oil.
4) Add the garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears, infact let it turn a little red in colour.
5) Add the pepper powder.
6) Add the crabs and a little water, keep spooning the pepper garlic mixture over the crabs.
7) Turn the crabs over and continue spooning the sauce over the crabs.
8) Now cover the vessel and let it cook in the steam for a while.
9) Add lemon juice, stir well and remove from flame.
10) Serve hot with Naan,chapatis or pav.

Butter Garlic Pepper Crabs

Ingredients

3 Crabs ( medium sized)
12-15 cloves of garlic (coarsley ground)
1 tablespoon pepper (freshly ground)
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil

Method:

1) Clean the crabs and keep aside. Cracks the claws so that the flavours seeps into the meat in the claws.
2) Heat Pan and add the olive oil.
3) Add Butter to the olive oil and let it melt(the olive oil prevents the butter from burning).
4) Add the garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.
5) Add the pepper powder.
6) Add the crabs and salt, keep spooning the pepper garlic mixture over the crabs.
7) Turn the crabs over and continue spooning the sauce over the crabs.
8) It takes about 7-8 minutes to cook the crabs.
9) Serve hot with Naan or chapatis.