Crab Matoutou, a recipe from Martinique on Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - 10 crabs
• - 4 tbsp. vegetable oil
• - 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) finely chopped shallots
• - 2 onions, minced
• - 500 ml (2 cups) uncooked long-grain rice
• - 2 or 3 tomatoes
• - 2 tbsp. chopped chives
• - 1/2 tsp. hot chili, finely chopped
• - 1 bay leaf
• - 2 tbsp. minced parsley
• - 5 limes
• - 5 bay rum seeds + 2 leaves
• - 5 cinnamon cloves
• - Salt and pepper
• - water