CrabCake & CrabFry /Njandu cake and NjanduFry

Today i am going to share with u guys something special. That's a seafood - Crab-cake. Crab-cake is just like the cutlet prepared with crab meat. I don't know how many of you are aware of this dish,it's a very delicious food.
During the travel we always love to have food from different restaurants.I hardly prefer seafood from outside because in restaurants they do not add that much spice as we used to do and also they do not cook as much as we do. My husband love to taste any food. He loves experience new dishes(sometimes we  could have  order another dishes(because of the new dish taste) too).
We tasted this crab cake from Fisherman-wharf (Pier 39) in San Francisco.San Fransisco is one of the beautiful place in USA (It has the tropical weather similar to Kerela). Lot many attractions are there. The Pier 39 is one of them.In the fisherman wharf there are lot of street-side food shops, especially sea-food shops (like our thattukada). One of the best demanded items are "Crab-cake" and the seafood platter..Here i am attaching the picture of SFO pier 39.Its best place to enjoy,the main attarctions are the bay aquarium,fishermanwharf,cruises,wax Museum,Sea lions,shopping and eating..if u have enough time just walk from the pier 39 to pier 48 enjoy the beautiful views as well as the shops,food  etc.
When we visited SFO as a part of experimenting new dishes my husband  tried this crab-cake.Usually he won't compel me to eat any seafood item if it is an experiment but when he tried this crab-cake he told me to try that.when i tasted i really loved that and had 2 set of crab cake..That day onwards crab-cake became one of our favorite.

When I saw the Joyful Eating Whilst Traveling event, I was trying to find a dish for this event. My hus only suggested this crab-cake ..so i decided to go with this delicious food. Google found paula deen's crab cake recipe for me. finally i prepared the crab-cake and  the result was awesome.we really enjoyed having it.. I am always thankful to my fellow bloggers because of these events (we experiment new ideas and recipes and try our best to prepare these food to get good outcome).

Here I am going to share one more  simple recipe: that's "Crab fry. Let me explain how we make the delicious crab-cake and crab fry.

Here we go with the crab cake:

Ingredients
Crab meat: 1 pound
Ritz crackers: 5 tbsp
Green Onions: 3 count
Bell Pepper: 1/2 portion of a medium size
Mayonnaise:4tbsp
egg: 1 no
Worcestershire sauce: 1 tsp
Mustard:1 tsp
Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
Salt: enough
Pepper Powder: 1 tsp
Chili Powder: 1 tsp
Flour : for dusting
Oil: for frying
For the Dipping sauce
Mayonnaise: 1 tbsp
Chili sauce: 1/2 tbsp
Preparation

Step1

• Chop the green onion into very small pieces(use both white and green part)
• Chop the bell pepper into thin pieces
• Crush the Ritz crackers
• If u do not have Worcestershire sauce just add 1 tsp of wine and 1 tsp of chili powder.

Step2:

• In a large bowl add all the ingredients except flour and oil.The mix should be in the consistency of cutlet mix.

Step3:

• Make oval shaped patties from the mix.dust the patties with the flour.
• Heat oil in a pan.Fry the patties until golden brown.
• Place the fried crab cakes on a kitchen tissue.
• Mix the Mayonnaise and Chili sauce in a small bowl and use this as a dipping sauce.

The delicious Crab cake is ready to serve.Have it with the dipping sauce

Cook's tip

• Do not add any water while mixing the ingredients.
• If the mix is not in the correct consistency  just add some bread slices into it.
• If u don't find the sauce replace it with 1 tbsp wine and 1tbsp pepper powder
• U can shallow fry the crab patties instead of deep frying..
• Be careful by changing the sides of the crab cake while frying
• The crab meat will be available in all grocery stores meat/seafood counter.

Sending this Crabcake to Jagruti's Joyful Eating Whilst Traveling event.

Crab Fry/Njandu Fry

We both love eating crab dishes. This Crab fry is really simple  and very delicious one too It's a very healthy seafood,good source of calcium.Let me share the preparation steps of this wonderful dish
Ingredients
Crab legs:2 nos (Try to use King Crab Legs)
Ginger: 1 medium size
Garlic:6 pods
Pearl Onion/Re Onion:10 nos/1/2 portion of a medium sized
Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
Chili Powder: 2 tbsp
salt : to taste
Cloves: 2 nos
Cinnamon: 1 small portion
Cardamom: 1 no
Fennel seeds: 1 tsp
Pepper : 4 nos
Coriander Powder: 2 tbsp
Preparation 

• Cut the crab legs into medium size pieces (1 inch length). Just wash it with lemon juice.
• Make a nice paste of all the ingredients. Marinate the crab and keep it for 30-1 hour.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry it until done (the crab became brown in color).

The Delicious Njandu fry is ready to have..Have it with Rice

Cook's Tip

• If u r using the whole crab just cut them into  small pieces .
• Wash with lemon juice.