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Mom’s Curry Crabs

Eating home-cooked Curry Crab is a blessing in my family, 

especially Mom’s specialty in crab recipes, the curry is simply awesome!

 

Why choose live crabs

Mom insisted on buying fresh , alive, crawling crabs in the wet market

 instead of dead crabs because she mentioned that:

· aggressive and moving crabs are fresh and taste better than dead

 crabs

· use your finger to test the firmness of the crab. 

Press it in the middle of the body, the centre of the flap.

 It should be firm and mild yellow belly.

· look at the claws. A strong and fully grown crab would use its claw

s to fight with other crabs. If the claws are blunt , not sharp, that 

indicates the crab is active.

· crabs should be stored in dry tank with a little water.

 If the crabs are placed in a tank with more water, they will use up 

their strength to keep alive, losing the flesh firmness. 

 

How to prepare ( kill) live crabs

My mom is pretty skillful in killing live crabs that crawls on the kitchen floor.

In order to catch a crab, you need a lot of courage and patience. 

If you fear the claws that might pinch and hurt your fingers, wear a pair of 

gloves, get a crab net or pincher to catch the crabs.

There are 3 ways to kill a live crab:

Dip in the whole crab into a pot of hot boiling water- it will shed its legs 

and claws

Drown the crab in a pail of water for 30 minutes

Tie up the claws with rubber bands so that it won’t be able to hurt you.

Turn the crab on its back with legs up in the air.

Use a small screwdriver to pierce through the small pointed hole in the 

flap.

Pierce through the screwdriver to the back of the shell.

Remove it and allow the fluid of the crab to drain out.

The crab is dead by now.

 

 

How to prepare the curry 

There are 2 options to choose from;

· Curry powder- ready made or home made

· Curry paste- ready made

 

My mom used the curry powder instead of curry paste because she prefers

 to buy readymade curry powder- seafood flavor which is much convenient.

It is cheaper and sold in large or small sachets, depending on how often you 

cook curry stews.

Alternatively, you could make your own curry powder with this recipe tips:

· coriander powder

· turmeric powder

· chilli powder

· cumin powder

· cardamom powder

· yellow mustard powder

 

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How to cook Curry Crab

Ingredients

2 live crabs

10 shallots-slice

5 cloves garlic-minced

3 tbsp fish curry powder

2 stalks curry leaves

300g grated coconut 

Salt and pepper

1Green chilly- cut into halves

 

 

Cooking steps

1. Clean the crabs and cut into 2 or 4 sections

2. Blend the curry powder with a bit of water to form a 

thick paste

3. Heat up a pot with 2tbsp of cooking oil.

4. Saute onions, garlic ,curry powder and curry leaves

 until fragrant

5. Squeeze out 1/2 cup of thick coconut milk and 1.5 cup 

of diluted coconut milk.

6. Add in the diluted milk into the pot.

7. Lower in the crabs and allow the coconut milk to 

simmer.

8. Add in the salt and pepper after 10 minutes.

9. When the crab is cooked, add in the thick coconut milk

 and simmer again.

10. The crabs will turn slightly reddish, white flesh soft

 and tender when cooked.

11. Serve hot with rice or pitta bread

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    • No...sorry. I do not like eating crabs. Whenever I see any dish made of Crabs I literally go away from it for the psychological reasons.

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