Black Pepper Crab | Fast Ed

Ingredients

• 2 large mud crabs
• 1 cup cornflour
• vegetable oil, to deep-fry
• 8 cloves garlic, minced
• 12cm piece ginger, cut into fine batons
• 4 eschalots, sliced
• 16 curry leaves
• 4 long red chillies, finely sliced
• 1 Tbsp black peppercorns, cracked
• 1 Tbsp dried prawns, soaked and chopped
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 Tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 4 cups baby spinach leaves
• ¼ bunch coriander leaves