Alimasag (crab) is already tasty in itself; add it to coconut milk and you have one sinful combination. This is especially true if you are watching your hypertension levels.
However, blood pressure levels aside, Ginataang Alimasag recipe is always a tasty treat no matter when it is served. Usually, though, it makes its appearance as a viand in Filipinos’ tables.
The coconut milk is the ingredient that makes this Ginataang Alimasag recipe tasty, in that it brings out the flavor of the other ingredients which include alimasag, sitaw, and squash.
Another mainstay of this recipe is malunggay (moringa) leaves which can be accessed either in your backyard or can be bought from the market.
Considered by many and backed up by research as a vegetable that is rich in nutrients, malunggay is rather humble in its taste, as it usually takes in the flavor of the dish where it is included.
However, one cannot deny that it is a healthy addition to this rather decadent recipe.
Ginataang Alimasag Recipe Preparation Tip
As with the other ginataan recipes, this dish’s preparation will take a significant amount of time if you will be the one to squeeze the coconut milk out of the shredded coconut meat.
However, with the presence of the instant ginataan mix sold in supermarkets, this should not be the case.
In case you want to enjoy it au naturel though, using coconut milk is always the way to go.
Cooking and following the ginataang Alimasag with the Malunggay recipe is a different story, however, since you just let the coconut milk boil, add the vegetables gradually and you’re done.
Finally, since you have a coconut milk-based dish, it would be oily, so it is always recommended that you eat this ginataan dish with heaps of rice or if you don’t want to eat that much rice even with that tasty combination of crab and coconut, then you can serve it with Atsara on the side to chase away the oiliness.
Ginataang Alimasag crabs with coconut milk
The coconut milk is the ingredient that makes this Ginataang Alimasag recipe tasty, in that it brings out the flavor of the other ingredients which include alimasag, sitaw, and squash. Course Main CourseCuisine FilipinoKeyword Crab, seafood Prep Time 15 minutesCook Time 45 minutesTotal Time 1 hour Servings 4 people Calories 205kcal Author Joost Nusselder Cost $20Ingredients
- 2 pcs Live Alimasag (Crabs) washed and cut into halves crosswise
- ½ pcs Kalabasa (squash) peeled and sliced into cubes
- 1 can gata (coconut milk)
- 1 medium red onion sliced
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp patis (fish sauce)
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp olive or cooking oil
- 5 chili peppers
- may add sitaw (string beans) too
Instructions
- Heat pan and pour olive or cooking oil.
- Sauté onion for a minute then follow garlic.
- Add patis (fish sauce) and gata (coconut milk). Bring to a boil.
- Pour-in ground black pepper, and then cook for 10 minutes in medium heat until the liquid reduces.
- Put-in the crabs and stir. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the squash (kalabasa) and chili peppers. Cook until the squash becomes a little tender.
- May add sitaw (string beans) too at this point.
- Transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve with rice.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 205kcalNote: In this Ginataang Alimasag Recipe, You can add some vegetables that are not included in the list including Sitaw, Kalabasa, and other vegetables you usually used when making Ginataan Recipes.