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Ingredients

• Clean crabs (1/2 kg)

Keep all the ingredients ready before starting the preparation:

• Chop finely : 1’ ginger, 1 blob garlic, 4 green chilies, 4 big dried red chilies, 3 spring onions(greens along with the blob (divide in two parts)
• 1 tbsp chilly oil (optional)
• 1 tsp white pepper pwdr
• Salt and sugar as per taste
• 1 pinch Ajinomoto
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 2 tbsp hot n sweet sauce
• 2 cups chicken stock (I use 2 chicken cube n boil in 2 cups water)
• 1 – 2 tbsp Corn flour mixed with water (thickener)

• First deep fry the cleaned crabs, till they turn bright orange. Remove keep aside.
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• Another wok, take some of the oil used to fry the crabs, add the finely chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies, red chilies along with the hot n sweet sauce and chilly oil (if adding).
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• Add the chicken stock, white pepper, ajinomoto, salt (check if requd), soya sauce, pinch sugar to balance it out. Bring to boil.
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• Tip in the fried Crabs and ½ of the chopped spring onions. Cook further for 10 mins.
• Now to thicken the gravy, use corn flour mixed with water, one tablespoon at a time, to get the desired consistency.
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• Lastly garnish with spring onions. Serve!

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