Many readers who read crab recipes here, asked me to explain how I clean crabs. This is an account of how I do it.
I checked in few of American grocery stores. They had the ‘snow crabs’, which were too big compared to what we get in India. I am not sure how they are cooked. Then in the Chinese shop, I found two different kinds, one was ‘Dungeness crabs’, which were again big compared to Indian crabs and were red in color. The crabs which I bought were ‘Blue crabs’ which more or less looked like when we get in our native.
Few days back, Shilpa Sane had asked for this recipe.
A few points to be noted while preparing fried rice : – The vegetables should not become very soft. They should be crunchy. – The rice should not become too soft, the grains should be seperate, so while cooking rice add a drop of oil. Preferably, do not cook rice in cooker/microwave. Cook with around 1(rice) : 4(water). When rice is cooked, drain off the extra water.
Ingredients: Basmati rice 1 cup Vegetables (green beans, carrot, capsicum etc cut into small pieces) 3/4 cup Green chillies (optional) 2-3 Soya sauce 1 tbl spn Vinegar 1 tbl spn Pepper powder 1/2 tea spn Oil 1 tea spn Salt
Method: Cook rice and keep aside. Heat oil and fry the vegetables for around 10min. They should be just cooked. Add the soya sauce and vinegar and mix for a minute. Add rice, pepper and salt.
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 20min
