The liberal use of butter in this recipe shows the imported nature of the ideas for this dish. This may have come from the Portuguese influence or the Dutch or even the Goan influence.

Ingredients

• 2 large, fresh mud crabs
• 4 spring onions (scallions), sliced
• 1 tablespoon fine shreds of fresh ginger
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
• sprig of fresh curry leaves
• 2 tablespoons coarsely cracked black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons canned, salted black beans rinsed, drained and chopped
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• 5 tablespoon Oil
• 2 Eggs
• 55 g Seasoned flour
• Pancake batter
• 85 g rice flour
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 3 Eggs, beaten
• 125 ml Coconut milk

Pancake Filling

• 7.5 g Ginger, chopped
• 1 clove Garlic, chopped
• 15 ml Soy sauce
• 125 ml White sauce
• 145 g Crabmeat
• 85 g Mushrooms, chopped
• 30 g green onions (scallions), chopped
• 30 g Bean sprouts
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Pepper

Method:

1. Combine rice flour, coconut milk, 3 eggs and salt to make a pancake batter.
2. Heat a little oil in an 8 in  frying pan, add enough batter to coat the botto...

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Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Oil
• 3 Cinnamon Sticks
• A sprinkling of Cloves
• A sprinkling of Cardamom Pods
• 2 medium Onions
• 1 ½ tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 ½ tbsp Coriander powder
• 3 tbsp Cumin powder
• 3 Tomatoes
• A pinch or two of salt
• 800 g Crab (with shell)
• A bunch of Fresh Coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste

Method:

1. Finely  dice 2 medium sized onions.
2. Warm the pan over a high heat before adding 3 tablespoons of oil. Add 3 sticks of cinnamon, a sprinkling of cardamom pods, a...

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Ingredients:

• Eggplants
• 100 gram crab meat
• 1/2 bunch of green onions, chopped
• 2 green chillies, chopped
• 2 tbsp peanuts, chopped finely
• 4 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp honey

Method:

1. Fry the eggplants 5 minutes on both sides in a grill pan.
   
2. Put them on a plate and distribute the crab meat on top of them.
   
3. Mix the honey, fish sauce, peanuts and chillies and pour this sauce over the eggplants and crab.
   
4. Sprinkle with green onions.

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Ingredients:

• 100g (3 1/3 oz)crab meat (you can use sea salad crab meat instead of crab-meat)
• 120g (1/4 lb) butter
• 150g (5 1/4 oz) flour
• 2 cubes stock (whatever)
• 15g (1/2 oz) sugar
• 250 ml (~1 cup)  milk
• 100 ml (~6 1/2 Tbsp) fresh cream
• 2 Tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp mirin
• 3 cups oil

Béchamel sauce:

1. Crush the stock cubes into a sauce pan and pour in the cream and fresh milk. Adjust heat to medium.
2. Heat the butter in another saucepan and stir until melted. Then add the flour and sugar and season with s...

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Ingredients:

• 130g (4 ½ oz) fresh (or canned) crabmeat
• 110g (4 oz) onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon canola or olive oil
• 1 large hard-boiled egg, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
•  For Bechamel Sauce:
• 30g (1 oz) unsalted butter
• 30g (1 oz) flour
• 360ml (1 ½ cups) whole milk, warmed
• Flour, one egg and panko for coating the korroke
• Vegetable oil for deep frying

Method:

1. In a large frying pan, heat the oil and saute the onion until lightly browned. Set aside
2. In a small to...

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Ingredients:

• 960 ml (4 cups) (1 3/4 pints) Chicken broth
• 25 ml Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese fish sauce)
• 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
• 6 Shallots (chopped)
• 2 cloves Garlic (chopped)
• 250 g  (9 oz) Crabmeat
• 1 Egg (lightly beaten)
• 425 g (15 oz) White asparagus spears (cut into 2 1/2 cm (1 in) sections with canning liquid reserved)
• 15 g (1/2 oz) Coriander (cilantro) leaves, shredded
• 1 Green onion (scallion), thinly sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper

Method:

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Ingredients:

• Mud crab ( 800 gm to 1kg), well washed and chopped into sections. Shell fractured in larger areas
• 2 brown onions, peeled and chopped
• 8 Jalapeno red chillies
• Belacan, thumb size piece
• ½ tbsp vinegar
• 90 ml (6 tbsp) oil
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 400ml tomato puree
• 60 ml (4 tbsp) light soy sauce
• 120 ml (1/2 cup) tomato sauce
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 tbsp sugar
• Water
• ¼ tsp corn or potato starch, mixed in ½ cup of water
• 1 egg
• Coriander leaves, to garnish

 
Method:

1. Blend onions and chillies in a food ...

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Special equipment:

1 ( or more) Pie Tee mould(s).
There are a number of wonderful fillings recipes for Pie Tee's but there's not so much variation between them. Often the difference is proportion between ingredients or a substitute veg or seafood ingredient. There is nothing inherently preventing any suitable ingredient from being used as a filling or topping for Pie Tee's. I have previously placed a recipe for Cilantro Oil and seafood as a filling for Pie Tee.

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Ingredients

egg base:
1 egg
180ml of water
1/2 teaspoon of salt*
1 spring onion / chopped
other ingredients: (you can vary the combination or even add something else?!)
cooked ham or chicken or prawn / diced
crab stick
chinese mushroom / diced


Method:

Whip the egg and add water and salt. (If you intend to use dried Chinese mushroom, you need to first soak the mushroom in hot water. You can then use the stock here instead of water)
Add the other ingredients like ham etc.
Place into the cowl you wish to s...
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Ingredients:    

• 1 kg (2 1/4 lb) Crab (one large or 2 or 3 smaller)   
• 3 tablespoons of white pepper   
• 1 teaspoons of coriander seeds   
• 1 tablespoons of crushed garlic   
• 2 sprigs of spring onions thinly sliced   
• 1/2 tablespoons of corn flour   
• Vegetable oil for cooking   
• 240 ml (1 cup) of water   
• Seasoning   
• 1 tspn of dark soy sauce   
• 1 tablespoons of light soy sauce   
• 1/2 teaspoons of sesame oil   

Directions:

1. Place the white pepper and coriander seeds in a blender or mortar and p...

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Ingredients:

6 crabs, boiled in 2 litres (2 qts) of water and 500 ml (2 cups) of white vinegar until their shells turn red   
240 ml (1 cup) diced potatoes   
45 ml (3 tbsp) vegetable or corn oil
120 ml (1/2 cup) minced onion   
240 ml (1 cup) fresh chopped tomatoes   
salt and freshly ground pepper
3 eggs, beaten   
120 ml (1/2 cup) bread crumbs   


Method:
       
Remove crabmeat from shells. Flake the meat evenly. Set asi...
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Ingredients:  
 
2 Large crabs  
3 Medium onions, finely chopped  
6 cloves Garlic, finely chopped  
2 tspn (10 ml)Finely grated fresh ginger  
1/2 tspn (2.5 ml) Fenugreek seeds  
10 Curry leaves  
8 cm (3 in) Stick cinnamon  
1-2 tspn (5-10 ml) Chili powder  
1 tspn (5 ml) Ground turmeric  
3 tspn (15 ml) Salt  
4 cups (950 ml) Thin coconut milk  
2 tbspn (30 ml) Desiccated coconut  
1 tbspn (15 ml) Ground rice  
2 cups (480 ml) Thick coconut milk  
3 tbspn (45 ml) Lemon juice  
 
Method :  
 
Remove the la...
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A very flavoursome fried Rice.  
Crab meat adds a savoury flavour beyond anything else for fried rice. It can dress up a fried rice dish to make it really a sensational flavour.  
 
Ingredients other than some crab meat and rice is not important. Onion type vegetables are always good with rice as a savoury element. The addition of a little butter to the oil in the wok is also a flavour enhancer. The oil type is purely a convenience aspect and because it's the crab that is the main flavourant th...
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