• If you are buying whole crabs, then buy large ones and boil for a couple of minutes with salt; pick out the meat carefully ensuring that there are no shell pieces.
• Add the finely chopped cucumber and onion to the crab meat.
• In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients required for the dressing. Taste and adjust the seasoning as required (the measurements should only be taken as a guideline as the taste can vary according to the variety/brand of the ingredients).
• Add ¾ ths of the dressing to the crab meat just before serving; season with salt and mix lightly. Taste and add more dressing if necessary.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve immediately as a salad.

Optional:

• This salad can also be a gorgeous looking canapé.
• Fry mini pappads (or any other wafer), drain well on a kitchen paper. Pappads can be roasted but frying keeps it crispy for longer.
• Just before serving, arrange the pappads on a platter; spoon a little of the salad on each pappad and garnish with a pinch of Kashmiri chilli powder. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
• Enjoy!!