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Cleaning live crab

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crabA step by step instruction to clean crab
Ingredients

Instructions

Here I have shown blue crabs found in the Chinese market.Mostly they will be alive,so cover them in a thick paper bag and leave them in the freezer for a couple of hours.This will make the crabs dormant and ease the cleaning process.Live blue crabLive blue crab

1.Hold the crab in one hand,(use a thick latex glove if you are too scared) and cut off the two big bitting legs first.these are the most dangerous ones and the only possible ones that could harm you.

Cutting the legs offCutting the legs off

2.Now cut off the rest of the legs.Discard the walking legs(the one with a flat foot,seen in the above picture).the rest can be used for cooking.

3.Turn the crab upside down.You will find a flap like thing.try to flip it open with one hand while still holding the crab firmly with the other.

Lift the flapLift the flap

4.Insert your thumb in between the flap and the hard shell while you pull open the hard shell with the other hand.

rip it openrip it open

shell comes offshell comes off 

5.Once the shell is removed,remove the white gills on both the sides.They will be like white soft  watery feathers.

gillsgills

6.clean the yellow mass too by placing the crab under running water.

remove yellow massremove yellow mass

7.Now your job is done.You can choose to use the crab as such or break it into two.

break tthe crabbreak tthe crab

8.rinse the legs and use them too

cleaned crabcleaned crab

Notes

I too was reluctant at the begining to buy live crabs,but they are not that scary,nor difficult to clean.Most of them die on your way home,due to suffocation in the car trunk!!The rest will become dormant if you place them in the freezer.Give a shot,its worth the taste.

Comments

18 responses to “Cleaning live crab”

  1. jasmineofnan Avatar
    jasmineofnan

    hey sworna ,
    Very good presentation , Well i luv to cook crab gravy , but my problem was only the cleaning part , the above presentation will really help me a lot .Thankx
    jasmine

  2. rashmisasi Avatar
    rashmisasi

    Kalikitinga poonga….Super pictures Sworna…Apporam enna samchiga nannda vachii..

  3. abhimuthu Avatar
    abhimuthu

    Sworna,
    You have done a great job. Unga picture paarthu yaaru venaalum crab clean pannalaam. step by step kalakeeteenga.. Thanks!

  4. sworna Avatar
    sworna

    Thankyou all SIO friends for your appreciation

  5. preethi sathya Avatar
    preethi sathya

    excellant work….thanks a lot….

  6. kaviarun Avatar
    kaviarun

    Thank u soooooooooo much Sworna….

  7. christy1978 Avatar
    christy1978

    christy

    you really explained abt crab cleaning, fully appreciated.

  8. madhu19 Avatar
    madhu19

    Beautiful presentation .Thanks a Lot

    Devi Raja

  9. Sadhanaraveen Avatar
    Sadhanaraveen

    Good Job Sworna!! Thanx a lot for sharing!!

    Sadhana Raveen

  10. phukan Avatar
    phukan

    SUPER! Next time I'll buy live crabs. Thanks a ton Sworna!

  11. S.Priya Avatar
    S.Priya

    Step by step demonstration…really too good n helpful…

  12. abi Avatar
    abi

    Nice step by step procedure….. thanx a lot…

  13. M Divya Avatar
    M Divya

    Hi sworna, my mom in law used to clean live crab and by seeing ur post,i remmebered the way they clean it… gr8 job….
    Divya Mubarak

  14. rinkyuma2002 Avatar
    rinkyuma2002

    Hi Sworna… Can you please give me the receipe for preparing crab masala( tamilnadu style).Thanks in advance

    1. sworna Avatar
      sworna

      rinky,

      there's already one posted by Mullai,I follow that ,it's really a good one

  15. sworna Avatar
    sworna

    thanx buddies.

  16. Mullai Avatar
    Mullai

    Execellant Post Sworna, thanks a bunch!!!

  17. Busy Bee Avatar
    Busy Bee

    Deserve more than 10…Its really GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

    Cheers

    Busy Bee

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