Ingredients:
450g Mud Crab, quartered and claws cracked
3 tblspn vegetable oil
8 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
8 fresh red chilli, roughly chopped
1 egg
2 shallots, cut into finger length
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 small bunch of coriander
For the sauce:
1 cup of water,
5 tblspns tomato ketchup
1 1/2 to 3 tblspns sugar, or according to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons cornflour
1 tblspn oyster sauce
1 teaspn pounded brown preserved soya beans or dark miso
¼ teaspn salt
Directions:Heat the oil in a wok or shallow saucepan over high heat. Add garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the chilli, stir-fry till fragrant. Add the mud crabs. Fry well till the shells start turning red. Add the sauce ingredients and stir well. Cover with a lid and simmer until the shells are red. Break the egg into the wok and streak with a fork, simmer till cooked. Squeeze lime juice over and stir in shallots. Garnish with plenty of chopped coriander.
Thank you to Garth Welsh, Executive Chef at Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort and Spa for the recipe.If you have a recipe you would like to share with A Luxury Travel Blogs readers, please contact us.
Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxury Travel Blog and has worked in the travel industry for more than 30 years. He is Winner of the Innovations in Travel ‘Best Travel Influencer’ Award from WIRED magazine. In addition to other awards, the blog has also been voted “one of the world’s best travel blogs” and “best for luxury” by The Telegraph.
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2 Comments
A great recipe. I’ve been to Jumbo Seafood on the East Coast in Singapore many times, and this is one of their signature crab dishes.
Thanks for this recipe, i will definitely be trying this down at the beach soon.
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A great recipe. I’ve been to Jumbo Seafood on the East Coast in Singapore many times, and this is one of their signature crab dishes.
Thanks for this recipe, i will definitely be trying this down at the beach soon.