Bring more spice to your menu with this popular Singaporean recipe, provided by our partners in Singapore, JELCO. Surprisingly sweet for a dish with this many chilis in it, it was a big draw during the FoodAsia2016 show at the Singapore Expo in April. And according to Wikipedia, this dish has been promoted as "one of Singapore's National Dishes" by the Singapore Tourism Board. Read on and enjoy!
Singapore Chilli Crab
(Recipe by JELCO PTE Ltd)
Ingredients:
2 mud crabs or meat crabs (or roe crabs, if desired) - about 800 g each
1 portion rempah (spice paste - recipe below)
6 Tbsp tomato ketchup
3 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
1 tsp taucheo (fermented bean paste)
1½ tsp corn flour/ tapioca flour + 1½ Tbsp water
5 Tbsp peanut oil
1 cup water (more if required)
2 eggs, beaten
Chilis, coriander and spring onions for garnish
Directions:
1. Heat oil in a wok until very hot. Fry rempah until fragrant.
2. Add taucheo, sugar, salt and tomato ketchup. Stir well.
3. Add in crabs, stir well. Then, add water, stir, cover until crab shells turned bright red, indicating that the crab is cooked.
4. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl, pour into the sauce at the side, gently mix well. Simmer for another 10 seconds.
5. Heat off, dish up, and garnish with coriander, spring onions and chilis. Serve with hot deep fried mantous.
Rempah (Spices)
(Recipe by JELCO PTE Ltd)
Ingredients:
6 shallots
6 cloves of garlic
2 to 3 bird's eye chilis (to taste)
2 candlenuts - or use macadamia nuts as alternative
1 thumb-sized galangal - or ginger is an acceptable substitute
½ green lime, extract the juices - or use calamansi as alternative
2 Tbsp belacan (dried shrimp paste) powder - or toast your own belacan if you can't find belacan powder
Directions:
1. Place all ingredients in a blender jar. We recommend the EXPEDITOR™ 600S or EXPEDITOR™ 1100S for this application.
2. Press the VARIABLE function and use the variable speed dial starting on 1 (low speed) and slowly increasing to 3 (high speed).
3. Press STOP when desired consistency is reached.
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