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Ingredients for Mangrove Crab with Coconut Milk Vegetables (KEPITING KARAKA)


  1. 1 crabs (750 g), halved then wash
  2. 1 eggplant (75 g), cut crosswise
  3. 1 potato (50 g), peeled and diced
  4. 150 gr young jackfruit, cut to taste
  5. 500 ml water
  6. 45 ml instant coconut milk
  7. 1 vertebra galangal, crushed
  8. 1 stalk lemongrass, crushed
  9. 3 lime leaves
  10. Oil for frying
  11. to taste Sugar and salt
  12. GROUND SPICES
  13. 4 onions
  14. 3 cloves garlic
  15. 1 tomato
  16. 6 cayenne peppers
  17. 1 red chillies
  18. 2 segments turmeric
  19. 1 vertebra ginger
Note: Now that the ingredients are ready, it’s time to try making it. We have prepared the steps in detail below. Make sure you follow them properly and correctly so that no mistakes occur.

Cooking Instructions for making Mangrove Crab with Coconut Milk Vegetables (KEPITING KARAKA)


  • 1

    Heat oil and saute ground spices, lemon grass, lime leaves and galangal until fragrant. Add crabs and water, cook until cooked crab (± 15 minutes).

  • 2

    Remove crab, set aside. Then add young jackfruit and potatoes in a spicy sauce before, and cook until soft.

  • 3

    Add the eggplant and coconut milk, and cook while stirring occasionally until soft so as not to break the coconut milk.

  • 4

    Serve crab and vegetables to supplement the special menu today.

  • 5

    NOTES : crab that I buy, large claws 3-4x the size of my thumb.

  • 6

    NOTES : heavy crab, nearly 800 gr.

  • 7

    NOTES : split into two and cut to taste, wash and then at pincers to crack so easily absorbed seasoning and easy when opening claws.


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