Braised Sea Cucumber With Crabmeat

written by Sunita Karthik August 10, 2011 0 comments

Published under: Chinese Crab

Ingredients:
Sea Cucumber – 200 gms
Crabmeat – 40 gms
Carrots – 10 gms, diced
Mushrooms – 10 gms, diced
Oil – 2 tsp
Garlic – 3 gms, chopped
Chicken Stock – 1 tsp
Oyster Sauce – 1 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Soy Sauce – 1 tsp
Ajinomoto – 1 tsp
Cornflour – 2 tsp
Spring Onions – 10 gms, chopped
Chinese Wine – 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Soak the cucumber in hot water for at least 8 to 10 days so that it regains its original shape or dice the sea cucumber and boil in water on low heat for 4 hours.
2. Blanch the carrots and mushrooms and keep aside.
3. Heat the oil in a kadai.
4. Saute the garlic, add the mushrooms, carrots and sea cucumber.
5. Mix well.
6. Stir in the chicken stock, Oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, ajinomoto and crabmeat.
7. Mix and cook for few minutes.
8. Stir in the cornflour dissolved in water to thicken the sauce.
9. Add the spring onions and Chinese wine.
10. Stir and remove from the heat.
11. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve.

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Sunita Karthik

Sunitha Karthik is a food lover who loves experiment with food. She worked in BPO industry for several years before deciding to settle down with family. She is a self-taught cook who has learnt to cook by experimenting with ingredients and watching various cooking shows. Mother of two kids, she still finds time to cook up a storm in the kitchen.