Alimasag Pinaisan

Ingredients:

• 1 Kilo crabs
• 2 - 3 tablespoon cooking oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 thumb ginger, chopped
• ½ of broth cube / Maggi cube
• 2 pcs. Chillis ( Or: Siling labuyo, seeded and sliced )
• 2 Medium onion, chopped
• 2 stalks lemon grass / tanglad
• 1 Cup Young coconut meat (buko) cut into Strips
• 1 Cup coconut cream / Or: coconut milk
• 1 small green bell pepper, sliced
• 1 samll red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce / Patis
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, powder

Cooking Procedure for Crab Meat Mixture:

1. Wash/clean crabs
2. Steam crabs for 10 - 15 minutes, then allow to cool. Flake crabmeat.
3. In a sauce pan saute garlic, ginger, and onions for 2 - 4 minutes.
4. Add bell pepper, chillis, lemon grass, broth cube and coconut meat, and simmer for 4 minutes.
5. Pour in coconut cream/ Or: coconut milk, let it cook until sauce is thickens.
6. Drop crab meat and season with fish sauce and black pepper.
   

Crab Meat Filling:

1. Stuff crab meat mixture into cleaned Shells, top with red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and wrap in banana leaves, tie bot Ends securely.
2. Broil until the leaves are seared.

Wrapper:

• Banana leaves, cut into 10‘x11‘

Garnishing:

• Red bell pepper
• Green bell pepper

Note:

• Clean crab Shell thoroughly and let it dry. Set aside.
• Before wrapping banana leaves pliant, pass leaves slightly over hot flame so that it is suitable for wrapping crab shells mixture.

Kain Tayo! Enjoy Your Meal ! Guten Appetit! Bon Appetit!