Creamy Sauce Butter Crabs

Description

I like this method of cooking crabs, it works for prawns too. Yummy stuff for a special occassion that doesn't involve much work. Which is always good. *wink*

Ingredients

• Crabs
• Margarine
• Evaporated Milk
• Hot Chili Peppers
• Curry Leaves
• Salt
• Sugar
• Cornflour
• Water

Instructions

1. Clean crabs and steam them, then drain well
2. Remove the pincers and crack with a pestle
3. Trim the legs and cut each crab into four pieces
4. Set aside
5. Heat margarine in a wok until melted then add the milk
6. Gently simmer the mixture over a medium heat
7. Add the curry leaves, hot chilli and seasoning
8. Simmer for 1015 minutes
9. Add thickening and stir gently over a very low heat until sauce is thick and glossy in texture
10. Return crabs to the mixture and cook over a very low heat for about 1 minute
11. Dish out the crabs with the curry leaves, chilli padi and a little of the sauce
12. Serve immediately