Braised cucumber curry with crab meat

Name: Braised cucumber curry with crab meat
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 kg Braised cucumbers (or salad cucumbers); 2 Onions; 1 piece(s) (approx. 10 g) Ginger; 1 red chilli pepper; 2 TABLESPOONS Oil; 1 TABLESPOON Mustard seeds; 7-10 Tbsp Turmeric; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 1 can(s) (400 ml) unsweetened coconut milk; 2 Bay leaves; 300 g cooked crayfish meat; 200 g cherry tomatoes; 75 g Smoke almonds

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

Have you ever tasted cucumbers from the Far East? You should, because coconut milk, turmeric, ginger and co. make the summer vegetables incredibly good!

COOK TIME
30 mins

TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 kg Braised cucumbers (or salad cucumbers)
2 Onions
1 piece(s) (approx. 10 g) Ginger
1 red chilli pepper
2 TABLESPOONS Oil
1 TABLESPOON Mustard seeds
7-10 Tbsp Turmeric
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
1 can(s) (400 ml) unsweetened coconut milk
2 Bay leaves
300 g cooked crayfish meat
200 g cherry tomatoes
75 g Smoke almonds

Directions

1
Peel the cucumbers, cut them in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Cut the cucumbers into slices about 1 cm thick. Peel and chop onions. Peel ginger, grate finely. Clean the chilli, cut lengthwise, remove seeds, wash and chop finely.
2
Heat the oil in a large pot. Stir-fry the cucumbers and onions in it. Briefly sauté ginger, chilli, mustard seeds and 2 tsp. turmeric. Deglaze with coconut milk, bring to the boil. Add bay leaf and season with salt and pepper.
3
Cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
4
In the meantime, rinse and drain the crayfish meat. Wash and halve the tomatoes. Add both about 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Roughly chop the almonds. Season curry again, arrange and sprinkle with almonds.