Salted Egg Yolk Crabs

This came as my worst craving for Malaysian seafood. Not even cheese crabs or steamed fish can top this. When I first laid eyes on fresh crabs in the market 2 months ago, I knew that I'd get my hands on those crabs on the next trip. Of course, I did. However, the salted egg yolks that I bought were distinctly different from Malaysia's; the egg yolks are YELLOW and they tasted saltier. That would explain the colour of the dish in my picture above.

Salted Egg Yolk Crabs

MY RECIPE:

Difficulty Level: 50% (seriously)
Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients: 4 salted eggs (duck eggs), 2 crabs, bird's eye chillies (8-10), 3 cloves of garlic, evaporated milk, salt and sugar.

Steps:

1. First of all, kill the fresh crabs. Unless you had the fishmongers do it for you, you'll have to do it yourself!
   
2. Turn the crab over its shell, notice the middle triangular part at its lower body (between its legs) and stick the sharp end of the knife in. It should be dead by then. Clean the crabs with running water. If you must, rub salt on the shell to clean it.
   
3. Cut the body in half and by then you can easily remove the pincers together with the legs. The shell will be left at the bottom and clean only the lower part of the shell.
   
4. Chop the pincer off the legs and using the back of the knife, break the shell.
5. Toss the crab pieces with corn flour and put them aside.
   
6. Boil some water. Add the salted eggs into the boil. Take them out after 6-7 minutes.
7. Break the eggs and remove the salted egg yolks. Mash the yolks and add one tablespoon of sugar into the yolks.
8. Mince the garlic and chop the chillies.
9. Heat up the pan/wok (I used a pot) at medium heat. Add in the minced garlic and let it simmer.
10. Heat up another pan with low heat, add some oil and add in the mashed yolks. Add in about 50ml of evaporated milk into the pan and let it simmer for 3 minutes. Turn the heat off afterward.
    
11. Put the crabs into the pot and stir fry it. (Some people prefer to deep fry it but I don't)
12. When the crabs are cooked (notice the meat colour and texture), add some water (20ml) into the pot and also the chopped chillies. Add two pinches of salt into the pot.
    
13. Stir fry for another 3 minutes and then add the quintessential cooked egg yolks. Continue to stir fry the crabs for another 5 minutes and then the dish can be served.

This dish can be improvised and you can choose not to add the chillies. Instead, fried curry leaves are preferred to enhance the aroma. Good luck!