Indonesian Curried Crab

Yields:4 servings
Recipe Cooking TimePreparation20 minutes
Cooking30 minutes
Ready In1 hours

Ingredients

2 each crab, hard shell
6 each shallots
2 each lemon grass stalks
2 teaspoons tamarind
1/2 cup water boiling
1 handful cilantro leaves
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon galangal
3 each birdseye chilli seeded
4 each candlenuts
1 teaspoon turmeric
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups coconut milk

Directions

Cut 4 green blue swimmers into quarters with a cleaver or large knife.

With a hammer, gently crack the claws and harder sections of shell.

Finely chop 6 shallots and 2 stalks lemon grass.

Steep 2 teaspoons tamarind in half a cup of boiling water.

Chop a handful of fresh coriander leaves.

In a food processor, grind together 3 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon fresh galangal, 2-3 birdseye chillies, seeded, 4 candlenuts (or substitute 8-10 cashews) and 1 teaspoon blachan (hard dark brown shrimp paste.

Batter on crab and cook.


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