CHILLI CRAB

Ingredients
· 3 Crabs weighing about 450g
· 6 fresh red chillies
· 5 cloves garlic
· 2 stalks spring onions
· One coriander plant
· 3 Tbs vegetable oil
Sauce
· 3 Tbs tomato sauce
· One-and-a-half Tbs sugar, according to taste
· Quarter tsp salt
· One tsp soya bean paste
· One cup water
· One-and-a-half tsp cornflour
· Half tsp rice o of freshly squeezed lime juice
· Quarter tsp dark soy sauce

Instructions to cook
1. Wash uncooked shellfish well, break off the claws and crack the shell by gently hitting it with back of a knife. When preparing crabs, chop the bodies in half and then each half into 3 pieces. Wash and retain the shells.
2. Peel garlic and pound coarsely. Pound chillies coarsely too.
3. Wash spring onions, discard roots, cut into finger lengths. Cut coriander into one-inch lengths.
4. Mix sauce ingredients except for the vinegar or lime juice.
5. Heat wok, add oil and when hot, add the garlic, stir fry for one minute, add chillies, stir fry for another minute and add crab pieces.
6. Stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes till shells turn slightly red. Stir sauce, add to the crabs and stir well for 2 minutes. Cover with a lid and simmer over high heat for 5 to 7 minutes till shells turn a bright red. 8.
7. Remove cover, squeeze the lime juice over or add the vinegar, stir well and add spring onions. Turn heat off, stir well and serve, garnish with coriander leaves.