Manong Seafoood came by the office early this week (I promise to get his name next time he visits). I already purchased tambakol (yellow fin tuna), maya-maya (grouper) and sugpo (prawns) from him the other week and I had no more budget for more seafood this week. But then, I was told he brought blue crabs this time! So of course, I had to buy some! That evening, I planned to cook the blue crabs in coconut milk (gata) with string beans (sitaw) and squash (kalabasa) since hubby loves the dish. The problem is, it will be my first time to cook crabs this way... and based on past experiences, I just can't perfect any ginataan dish unless I use the powdered coconut milk. Just to be safe, I planned to cook half the crabs in coconut milk and the other half in soda and salt (halabos style). |
To do this, I looked up the recipe using the Pinoy Food Recipes app. These are the ingredients and instructions from the app. This is not my recipe. Credits go to the contributor / owner of Pinoy Food Recipes app.