Saturday, January 8, 2011

Crab Masala - Chettinadu Style (@Karaikudi)


I am sure all of us are well aware of the greatness of the female of the species, our species to be more precise. Also conveyed nicely in the quote - "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". But I think the real sense of the meaning comes true when the woman isn't scorned but is hungry AND is pregnant!

So on one fine Saturday morning sometime in the past 7-9 months, I get served a deman along with tea and Parle-G! It was short and simple...

"I MUST HAVE CHENNAI-STYLE CRABS TODAY"!

See, what men sometimes don't realize in the first 2 trimesters - they realize well by the third one - and that is, most things during pregnancy aren't up for discussions in the lower or upper houses. They are ordinances that are automatically converted to law and must be carried out in letter and spirit within 2-4 hours (sometimes under 30mts also!) of being enacted (read - spoken).

And so started my search for Chennai style crabs in the land of steamed seafood pots and soft-shell crabs. Fortunately, being in New Jersey - I was close to the real birthplace of the Indian civilization - and almost everything Indian is available within a 20 mile radius.

The above picture is from Karaikudi in Central Jersey, the guy there quickly understood the situation and we were served our custom-prepared crabs despite Saturday afternoons being buffet-only affair. I think he acted from experience...

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