Black Pepper Crabs

Ingredients:
4 fresh crabs ~ clean & steam for 10 mins.
60g butter
3 tbsp black peppercorns
1 tbsp white peppercorns
5 cloves garlic ~ chopped
5 shallots ~ chopped
5 red bird's eye ~ sliced
1/2 cup curry leaves
1 tbsp ground tau cheo (salted bean paste)
3 tbsp oyster sauce
3 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup water
Salt

Method

1. Prepare the peppercorns by pounding with mortar & pestle, slightly coarse.  Then toasted the pounded peppers till aroma.
2. Heat up a wok with butter, saute the chopped garlic, onion and sliced red bird's eye for 1-2 mins till the onion translucent.  Add the curry leaves and cook for 1 mins.
3. Then add in the pepper and saute till peppery aroma for about 2 mins.
4. Add 1/4 cup water, tau cheo, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and let it boil for about 3 mins.
5. As soon as the mixture boils, add the cooked crab & stir to combine well with mixture.  Turn the heat to medium, cover the wok with its lid & let it cook for 3 mins.  Dish out & serve immediately