Tomato and Bean Paste Crab

Ingredients

5~ 6 tbsp        oil

600g               2~3 fresh crabs

 

Paste (pound coarstly)

2 tbsp              bean paste (or in Hokkien "tau cheo",

                        it is made from yellow dried soy

                        beans that have been fermented

                        and salted)

4 cloves           garlic

8 pcs                shallot

20g                  ginger

 

Sauce

8 tbsp              tomato sauce

 

2  pcs               red chilies, seeded and quartered

1 tbsp              sugar, or to taste

1 pc                  egg

200 ml              water

 

Instructions

1.  When oil is hot, add paste and stirp-fry it until

      fragrant

2.   Add tomato sauce and red chilies,  fry for about

      1 minute and add crabs for about 2-3 munites.

3.   Add sugar to taste

4.  Close wok with cover and turn the flame down to

     cook for about 10~15 minutes or until crab meat

     turns from translucent to white

5.   Turn off heat and add egg to thicken the

      sauce, mix well.

6.   Serve with plain rice