Ingredients

• 4 - large crabs
• 2 cups - thick coconut milk
• salt to taste
• Ingredients to be pounded: 10 or more - dried red chillies (soaked in water)
• 3 - lemon grass (use the white part only)
• 1/2 tsp - fresh turmeric
• 5 pips - garlic
• 1.5" piece - ginger
• 4 - large Bombay onions or 15 shallots
• 2 cm piece - galangal (lengkuas)
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds

How to Make Crab Rendang

• Heat oil in a wok.
• Stir-fry the pounded ingredients until fragrant.
• Add the coconut milk and let the mixture simmer gently.
• Add the crabs and cook until the required thickness.