Actually this dish is much simpler than it looks.

Ingredients:

mud crab 1 (mine is very small, about 300g)

garlic 5 cloves

red chili 6

dried red chili 3

shallot 4

ginger 3 slices

sugar 1 tbsp

salt 1/2 tsp

tomato sauce 2 tbsp

egg 1

water 1/2 cup hot

1, Make paste: put garlic, shallot, ginger, chili into blender. Blend till very fine paste.

2. Clean crab and cut into quarters. Dust crab with corn starch.

3, Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add in crab to fry a bit till red. Then set crab aside for later use.

4, Same pan, add in a little more oil. Fry the paste till aromatic.

5, Add in sugar, salt, and tomato sauce. Mix well.

6, Add in crab, give it a good stir.

7, Pour in hot water. Turn to low heat and simmer for 10 mins.

8, Beat 1 egg into a bowl. Add egg in while stirring.

9, Fry manto (steamed buns) till golden brown.

10, Garnish chili crab with cilantro and serve with fried manto.