Chili Crab Recipe

School holidays come again. So starting yesterday nieces and nephews started to come and drive myself crazy again. :) previously when they were smaller, i screamed because they made house messy but now they've grown up but still i have to scream alot to them. Not because of messy house but because lazy!! 24hrs computer, ipad, phone. No other thing. Even i have to scream for them to go bath. Oh..oh..this is how technology affected life. Sigh...however, i'm not angry with them of course i'm a good maksu. What makes me happy when they're here is that i could cook more and there are always somebody to eat it. 

Like yesterday i cooked chili crabs which is they're favorite and me too. If only me and mak crabs are not so tempting like yesterday. In a blink all crabs gone. :) fatin looked so tired after eating. I asked what happen? She said i was full to eat but it's a waste if i don't eat this because you cook so delicious maksu. Hehe. Enough of praising myself. Let me share the recipe.

Ingredients:

1 kg crabs, clean cut into 2 and break the claws with pestle to make eating easier

*10 dried chillies, clean, cut 1 inch, boil for 15 minutes. This step is important to hinder from stomach ache since i cannot eat chilli much. 

*1 large onion

* 4 garlic cloves

* 1 inch ginger

* half inch shrimp paste

3 tbsp chilli sauce (bottled)

2 tbsp oyster sauce

4 kaffir lime leaves

1 dried tamarind

2 tbsp honey

Salt and msg to taste

Oil

Water

Methods: 

1. Blend all *ingredients

2. Deep fry the crabs for 10 minutes or until cook.

3. In a pan heat some oil and fry the blended ingredients until well cook. This step is also important in cooking chillies to avoid stomach ache. Make sure the oil comes out from the mixture and the color of chillies turned darker.

4. Add chilli sauce, oyster sauce, honey, kaffir lime leaves, dried tamarind, salt and msg.

5. Mix well until aroma rice, add the fried crabs.

6. Stir well until all the crabs coated with the sauce. Add water if it's too dry to get some gravy.

Add more chiili if you prefer it spicy. Kaffir lime leaves will give a very nice aroma. Honey will give a nice sweetness. Good luck!!!

Cucur Udang (Shrimp Fritters)

Today is first if muharram. Since it's public holiday, my other siblings came. Lunch was prepared by me and my sis. For afternoon tea i made cucur udang. Earlier in the morning i bought shrimps from the regular fish monger, pick some chives from backyard and found some bean sprouts in fridge. So here is the simple recipe.

Ingredients; 

- 4 cups flour 

- 1 tbsp yeast 

- yellow food colouring

- salt 

- bean sprouts 

- chives 

- shrimps 

- water 

Methods;

1. Mix flour, water, salt, food colouring.

2. Let it sit for 1 hr. Mixture will double up the size. Make sure you use big bowl.

3. After 1 hour, add the left ingredients, fry until golden brown. 

4. Serve with peanut sauce or any sauce you like.