Crab Curry 2
Topic: Crabs
The first crab curry that I made was a product of my experimentation, it was cooked like the Chicken Curry and it was a little bit soupy but this one is different, I used little amount of coconut milk only to cook and moistened the crabs, I also added beaten egg which turned lumpy with the coconut milk and the crabs juice. So yummy.

Ingredients:
3 pcs. medium crabs
3/4 cup coconut milk
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. curry paste
1 medium onion, sliced
1 ripe tomato, sliced thinly
2 tbsp. grated ginger
1 tsp. chopped red chili (optional)
1/2 tsp. sugar
salt to taste
1 stalk green onion, cut into 1 inch length
3 tbsp. cooking oil

Directions:
1. Cleaned the crabs, open the shell of each and cut it into 4 pieces.
2. Heat oil in a pot, saute onions, ginger and tomatoes for 1 minute. Add the crabs and curry paste and stir fry until the crabs' color turns into red-orange.
3. Add the coconut milk,sugar,red chili and salt, cook for 5 minutes or until the crabs are done.
4. Add the beaten egg, stir to mix with the ingredients well. Cook until the egg and coconut milk turns lumpy. Stir in the chopped green onions. Cook for few seconds, turn off heat and serve.

Crab Curry
Topic: Crabs
This dish was product of my experimentation again, I just want to try how does it taste and fortunately it was good.



Ingredients:
5 medium crab, raw or pre-boiled
2 cups thick cups coconut milk
1 cup broth
2 tbsp. green curry paste
1 eggplant (big variety), sliced
1 carrot, sliced thinly
5 pcs. lemon leaves
crushed ginger, grated
1 medium onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. cooking oil
1 fresh stalk of lemon grass
1 stalk green onions, cut into 1.5 inches diagonally
salt to taste

Directions:
1. If using raw crab, clean it, and take the legs off the body. Cut the body into 2 pieces, discard the hard shell.
2. Heat oil in deep pan and saute garlic, onions and ginger. Then,add the crabs and curry paste, stir fry for 5 minutes then add broth, lemon leaves and lemon grass. Cook until liquids are reduced.
3. Stir in carrots, eggplants and coconut milk. Simmer until the vegetbles are done.
4. Add fish sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
5. Off the heat and add green onions. Serve.

Stuffed Crab
Topic: Crabs
Stuffed Crab is very common in many restaurants especially in the Philippines, there are also many variations in cooking this dish, some add meat, chicken or shrimps. They also add some vegetables like potatoes, carrots, and many strong herbs. Another variation is adding breadcrumbs, bread cubes, mayonnaise , cream. cheese, etc. However none of the above-mentioned fillers seems to interest me. I tasted many variations but the most simple one is the best for me, I like the stuffed crabs to be very natural in taste, I mean really crab. Did you got me? ƒ? To make the very real and natural tasting stuffed crab, here's the ingredients that I used:

Ingredients:
Crabs, boiled or steemed
Some chopped onions
Crushed ginger
Crushed garlic
Chopped tomatoes
Black pepper powder
Light soy sauce
Chopped jalapeno
Green onions
Eggs
Oil

Directions:
1. Remove crabmeat from shells. Flake evenly, set aside.
2. Saute onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in hot oil. Add crabmeat, green onion and jalapeno. Season with light soy sauce and pepper. Set aside.
3. Clean the crab shells. Moisten with beaten eggs and fill with the mixture.
4. Pack each shell firmly then dip in beaten eggs. Fry bottom side down in hot oil. Baste top with hot fat until top puffs up and turns golden brown. Drain and serve hot.

Sauteed Crab Flakes
Topic: Crabs
This recipe was made from boiled crab leftovers, I like boiled crab only when eaten immediately right after it was boiled, we did not able to eat it all so I decided to do something on it, I called it sauteed crab flakes since the meat is being sauteed with some spices. The first sauteed crab flakes that I had eaten was the one in SM Mega Mall's Food Court in Philippines 7 years ago during my Summer Practicum. I always dine there during weekends and that was my favorite dish to eat since most of the menus were meat and I wasn'r sure if it was Halal or not, so I ate seafoods a lot during that time. Here's my recipe for it:

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked crab meat flakes
1/3 cup mixed vegetables (corn, peas and carrots)
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed then chopped
1 tbsp. grated ginger
1 small ripe tomato, chopped
2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 tsp. black pepper powder
red pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Heat oil in a skillet, saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomato.
2. Add the crab meat, stir to mix with the spices well. Add the mix vegetables and light soy sauce. Cook until dry.
3. Sprinkle with black pepper and some red pepper. Serve.

Boiled Crab
Topic: Crabs
I like boiled crab so much especially the one from Philippines, I used to eat it like I was playing with its claws while exctracting the meat from it. It is very rare to find good crabs here in Kuwait, that's why I missed Philippine crabs so much. Boiling the crabs is the most basic and common way to cook it,when I boil crabs at home I usually used Seven-Up or Sprite instead of water, I added few salt and sometimes crushed ginger, then I simmered it together until all the liquids are gone. I used little amount of liquid only so that by the time the crabs are cook, no liquids were left in the pot. Steaming is also good but it will take longer time to cook than this.