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Shell Out

Recipes Details

Preparation Time:

15 minutes

Cooking Time:

40 minutes

Servings:

4-5

Ingredients

  • 2 corn on cob (cut into half chunks)
  • 200g broccoli (cut)
  • 200g carrot (sliced)
  • 5 crabs (cut)
  • 300g prawn (shell on)
  • 200g mussels
  • 100g clams
  • 150g squid (sliced)

Chilli Paste

  • 200g onion
  • 50g dried chillies (soaked in water)
  • 20g ginger
  • 20g garlic
  • 1/3 cup water

Gravy

  • 4 tbsp fish curry powder
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 3 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 2 stalks lemongrass (crushed)
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 lemon (juiced)
  • 2 sprigs curry leaves
  • 1 cup seafood stock (from boiling the seafood)

Kitchen Appliances:

  • Rinnai RB-92G Hyper Burner Built-in Gas Hob

Method

  1. Boil the vegetables. Strain and set aside.
  2. Boil the seafood until turned bright orange. Reserve a cup of the water (for later usage) before straining the seafood and set aside.
  3. In a blender, blend soaked dried chillies, onions, ginger, garlic and water until a smooth paste is formed.
  4. In a large pan, heat up oil and stir fry the chilli paste until the oil separates.
  5. Then add in the fish curry powder, fish sauce, oyster sauce, tamarind paste, sugar, crushed lemongrass stalks, lemon juice, curry leaves. Mix until well-combined.
  6. Stir in the seafood stock and let it cook until it comes to a boil.
  7. Pour in the boiled seafood and vegetables. Mix until all are well-coated with the gravy.
  8. Serve immediately. You can enjoy just as it is or serve with bread or rice (great with the gravy).
  9. Enjoy!