Ingredients: (serves 2)
1) Spaghetti
- 200g Alce Nero Organic Spaghetti
- 1 tbsp Alce Nero Organic Olive Oil
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- pinch of salt
2) Seafood
- a selection of seafood (I used prawns, sotong, fish, scallops, lala white clams)
- butter
- vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 green limes
- salt
3) Chilli Crab Sauce
a) Cut & blend finely to make paste:
- 5 cloves garlic
- 10 cloves shallots
- 1 thumb-sized galangal
- 2 red chilli
- 4 chilli padi
- 3 dried chilli
b) Pound for frying
- 2 candlenuts (cut and pound into powder)
- 1 3-5mm slice belachan (toast on pan or oven till crispy then pound into powder)
c) Sauce
- 5 tbsp Alce Nero Organic Tomato Sauce with Chilli
- 3 tbsp Alce Nero Organic Chunky Tomato Puree
- 5 tbsp tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tsp tau cheo (salted bean paste)
- 3 egg white (or 2 whole eggs)
- Salt & sugar
4) Complementary sides
- mantou (oriental steamed bun)
- lettuce
Method
1. Cut & blend Ingredients 3a till a smooth paste. Pound Ingredients 3b till a fine powder form. Set aside.
2. Microwave spaghetti in a microwave-safe utensil, with water, salt and oil, for about 10 mins or until al-dente. Drain and toss with olive oil; set aside.
3. Squeeze lime juice over seafood and mix well just before cooking. Saute seafood in a skillet with oil, butter and garlic; season with a little bit of salt. {Cook white clams separately as it takes a longer time to get cooked.} Set aside.
4. Fry paste and powder from Step1 in a skillet with hot oil, till aromatic. {Add more oil to get red chilli oil so that the final sauce has a nice rich colour.} Stir in Ingredients 3c, EXCEPT eggs, salt & sugar; mix well and add boiling water to get the preferred consistency. Season with sugar and pinch of salt to taste. Keep stirring and cook the mixture on high heat.
5. When the mixture starts to boil, turn to low heat; drizzle egg white over the sauce evenly and stir well. The chilli crab sauce is ready to toss with spaghetti. The refreshing tangy seafood can either be tossed in sauce or served on its own.
6. Steam mantou in microwave for about 2 mins and ready to serve with the spaghetti. Enjoy!