Crabmeat Kofta (Crabmeat balls in a rich tomato sauce)

Ingredients for the crabmeat balls

250 gms of crabmeat

1/4 finely chopped bell pepper
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon garlic paste (I used ready-made garlic chutney that you get with ready-made packets of Bhel)

1/2 finely chopped onion
1 egg
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup of Bread crumbs
Oil for frying

Ingredients for the sauce

3 tablespoons of olive oil

1/2 finely chopped onion

4 pods of garlic

1 inch of ginger

2 small tomatoes

4-5 cashews

1 teaspoon each chilli, turmeric, cumin, and coriander powder

2 teaspoons garam masala

2 tablespoons of yoghurt

3 stocks of coriander leaves

1 teaspoon salt (Add more to suit your taste)

A pinch of sugar

Mozzarella cheese (optional)

Step 1: Mix all the ingredients for the crabmeat balls in a large bowl. Refrigerate it for about an hour. 

Step 2: Roll the meat into small balls, dust with bread crumbs and fry them. You could either shallow or deep fry them.

Step 3: Saute onions, and ginger garlic paste in olive oil in a separate pan. Add the diced tomatoes and let it cook until it becomes a thin sauce.

Step 4: Grind the cashews with the yoghurt and add it to the mixture. Add the remaining spices and sugar and let it cook for about 10-15 minutes.

Step 5: Add the crabmeat balls to the curry, and gently stir the mixture. You can sprinkle mozzarella cheese and chopped coriander on top, if you would like. Serve hot with rice or bread.