Ingredients
- 1 kg fresh crabs
- 2 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon chilli sauce (optional)
- Two medium-sized tomatoes - sliced
- 1 egg - beaten
- 2 tablespoon tamarind pulp
- 1 stalk of coriander - chopped
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1-2 cups of water
- 2 tablespoon sugar, salt to taste
Pound/grind ingredients below:
- 4 fresh red chillies, 4 dried chillies
- 5mm slice of square shrimp cake/paste (belachan)
- 2 cm piece of lengkuas/galangal
- 2 cm piece of ginger, 1 cm piece of turmeric
- 2 stalks lemon grass
- 1 stalk bunga kantan (flower of ginger plant)
- 2 big onions, 3 shallots
- 6 cloves garlic
Method
- Clean crab, remove top shell and cut into 2 pieces.
- Heat the oil. Stir fry pounded ingredients until slightly drier and fragrant.
- Add in the crabs, tamarind pulp, tomato & chilli sauce and stir fry well.
- Add water, tomatoes and sugar and salt to taste. When crab is cooked, add egg, stir well and dish out.
- Serve with rice and other dishes