Forget about chili crab and black pepper crab, here’s a quick and easy recipe for this popular seafood dish that’s captured the hearts of many!
30 mins needed (15 mins for preparation, 15 mins for cooking)
Ingredients
Serves 4-5 people
- 5 soft shell crabs, cleaned
- 4 salted egg yolks, steamed and mashed
- 15 curry leaves
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 chili padi (Bird’s eye chilies), sliced
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 egg whites
- Sugar
- Salt
- Vegetable oil
Step 3 – Fry salted egg sauce
- In a pan on high heat, heat up 3 Tbsp vegetable oil and fry garlic for 1 minute, until browned and fragrant.
- In the same pan, add curry leaves and chili padi.
- Fry for 1 more minutes, until fragrant.
- When fragrant, add salted egg yolks and butter to the pan.
- Fry for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring continuously, until mixture becomes foamy.
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