Steamed Crabs Recipe

Ingredients:
1 kg crabs - remove the top shell and cut into 2
Sauce:
6 fresh red chillies
2 cloves garlic Pounded together
1 tsp vinegar
Salt and sugar to taste

Method:
1. Put the crabs on a steaming tray and steam over rapidly boiling water until cooked.
2. Prepare the sauce. Mix all the ingredients together. Add in cup water or more if the sauce is too thick.
3. Serve the steamed crabs immediately with the sauce.

Chilli Crabs Recipe

Ingredients:
a) 1 kg crabs - remove top shell, clean and cut into 2
b) 1 stalk lemon grass
c) 10 shallots
d) 6 cloves garlic
e) 2 cm piece ginger
f) 2 cm piece turmeric
g) 3 cm piece galangal
h) 2 cm piece shrimp paste
i) 15 dried red chillies
j) 2 tbsps tamarind pulp - mixed with ½ cup water and strained
k) Salt and sugar to taste
l) ½ cup cooking oil


Method:
1. Ground together ingredients (b) to (c).
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant.
3. Add in the tamarind juice and salt and sugar to taste.
4. Add in 1/2 cup water and bring to boil.
5. Add in the crabs and mix well with the ingredients. The gravy should be slightly dry.
6. Dish out and serve with rice.

Crab Curry Recipe

Ingredients:

600 gms crabs
10 shallots — sliced
5 cloves garlic — sliced
3 tbsps fish curry powder
2 stalks curry leaves
300 gms grated coconut
Salt and seasoning
Oil for cooking


Method:

1. Clean the crabs and cut into two if the crabs are too big.
2. Blend the curry powder with a bit of water to form a thick paste.
3. Heat 2 tbsps oil in a frying pan and fry the sliced shallots and garlic until fragrant.
4. Add in the blended curry powder and stir fry until the curry powder is fragrant.
5. Squeeze out 2 cups of coconut milk, ½ cup thick and 11/2 cups diluted.
6. Add the diluted milk and let the mixture boil.
7. When it boils, put in the crabs, salt, seasoning and curry leaves.
8. When the crabs are cooked, add the thick milk and lower the fire.
9. Simmer until the gravy thickens.
10. The crabs will turn slightly reddish when cooked.
11. Serve this dish with rice.