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Plate of curry blue crab with dumplings

Tobago Curry Crab and Dumplings

A delicious dish of blue crab, cooked down in a curry sauce with coconut milk. Perfectly paired with boiled dumplings. Curry crab and dumplings: A quintessential Tobago dish.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Caribbean
Calories: 703
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

For Crab
  • 6 medium-sized blue crabs
  • 4 cups coconut milk make your own
  • 2 teaspoons chopped celery
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 blades scallion
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 3 teaspoons salt
  • 3 tablespoons curry and 2 tablespoons curry for seasoning
  • 1 hot pepper
  • 3 tablespoons green seasoning
For Dumplings
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup cold water
  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 tablespoon oil

Method
 

For Dumplings
  1. In a pot bring 4 cups of water to boil. Add oil and season with salt
  2. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Slowly add remaining water, while kneading with your hand
  3. Keep kneading till water is fully absorbed (if the dough is sticky add a little flour (about a tablespoon) at a time till the consistency is sticky
  4. Leave dough mixture to sit for a little (about five minutes)
  5. Separate dough into about 6 even pieces and form into balls
  6. Knead each ball into discs (or use a rolling pin)
  7. Add discs to boiling water and cook for 10 minutes
For crab
  1. Clean crab (separate them into halves)
  2. Season crab with green seasoning and 2 tablespoons of curry powder
  3. Heat oil in a heavy pot on a medium-high heat
  4. Saute garlic in the hot oil
  5. Add curry powder and cook for a few minutes so it gets grainy
  6. Add the crab to the pot and mix well with the curry
  7. Add coconut milk and allow the crab to cook for 10 minutes
  8. Add celery, onions, scallion, pepper, and add black pepper
  9. Add salt to taste
  10. Lower heat level and leave to cook for the sauce to thicken

Nutrition

Calories: 703kcal

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