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Crab Cake

 Published 2008-Jan-28   Updated 2021-Aug-16

- Submitted by Dahlia

(Crab Cutlets, Crab Croquettes, Crab Patties)

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Crab cake or crabmeat cakes is a aimple and delicious seafood snack recipe for cooking savory cakes with crabmeat.

Recipe For Crab Cake

Ingredients

  • Crab meat - 1 lb (1/2 kg)
  • Onion - 1/2 (finely chopped)
  • Potato - 1
  • Garlic - 2 cloves (minced)
  • Cumin/Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Egg - 1
  • Chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
  • Cilantro - handful(finely chopped)
  • Bread crumbs - 2 tbsp

Method

  1. Boil the crab, remove the meat out and keep aside. You can get crab meat from the store.
  2. Boil a potato and keep it aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions and garlic.
  4. Take mixing bowl, add the sauteed onions, garlic, boiled potato, shredded crab meat, cumin seeds and cilantro.
  5. Add chilly powder, salt, garam masala and one egg. Mix everything together.
  6. If the mixture is moist, add bread crumbs.
  7. Make equal sized crab meat balls and then shape them as cutlets.
  8. Fry them with few drops of oil on a hot griddle.

Serving Suggestion

  • Serve the warm carb cakes as a snack or serve as a side with fish biryani.

Tips

  • Boiled and mashed rice can also be used instead of boiled potato.
  • You can also make shrimp cutlets following the same recipe.

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Comments (4)

Person   ()
This recipe was delicious and we even used instant potatoes.
Person   ()
good.
Person   ()
how many does it serve ?
Person   ()
2-4 depending on your appetite :-)

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