sweet&sour crabs, originally uploaded by pearlyn83.
crabs&toast, originally uploaded by pearlyn83.
During dinner last week, someone mentioned crabs and suddenly everyone wanted to eat crabs. Hence, we agreed that on Saturday, we’ll treat ourselves to an “awesome” meal. My mum got me a recipe book sometime ago – Hawkers’ Fair Simplified and there’s a recipe in there for Crabs in Sweet and Sour Sauce. It was my first time cooking crabs, so I was pretty excited.
Saturday’s dinner was a whole house affair. We all played our part in the preparation (which doesn’t happen very often) and there was abundant of laughter going around. The cutting of the crabs was the highlight of the day. CY said it was easy, so we assigned him the job. Throughout the entire process, Krys and him were arguing about how to do it, what to cut, how to clean etc. etc. It was funny just listening to them. In conclusion, the meal turned out pretty well. The house was flooded with a very strong “seafoody” smell as I was cooking. Mmmmm…! In KL, I had crabs served with toast at Fatty’s Crab, so we did the same this round.
Ingredients:
- Garlic
- Shallots
- Baby hot chillies (Chilli padi)
- Ginger
- 1 egg, beaten
Seasoning:
- Tomato sauce
- Chilli sauce
- White rice vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Oyster sauce
- Sugar
- Salt
- Corn flour + water
Method:
- Minced (or blend together) garlic, shallots, ginger and chillies.
- Heat oil in wok. Deep fry crabs until cook. Drain and set aside.
- Leave a bit of oil in the wok and fry garlic mixture till fragrant. Add in the rest of the seasoning and bring to boil. Add in crabs, beaten egg and corn flour mixture to thicken.
- Dish up and serve hot.
Hi.
I too visited m’sia after 36 years. I tried all the foods you have listed, and enjoyed eveyone of them. I miss m’sia so much so am trying to cook some ot the meals i tried over there. I particularly enjoyed satay and the peanut sauce. can you please pass the receipre to me if at all possible. my family are spread all over m’sia, however my first port of call was to Penang and yes the food was marvelous. I especially enjoyed the fresh sea food and got to tast my child hood favourit food- crabs. I love the Tom yam soups. i brought loads of instant ready mixes. Gosh i miss m’sia. hopefully now that i have found my family i shall be visitng every year. take care. thank u for the receipes.
Hi Aneesa,
Glad to hear you enjoy malaysian food. I haven’t actually attempted to make satay yet. My culinary exploits are a newly discovered passion. So like yourself, I’m experimenting a lot. I shall look up a good recipe and post it up. So stay tuned!