Kdam char umpil.
(Tamarind crab)

Khmer Krom men favorite appetizer stir-fry crab with sweet, sour and spicy tamarind sauce is delicious Khmer country food.
• Ingredients :
  • 3 Maryland crabs
  • 1 Tablespoon tamarind juice,or 1 teaspoon Knorr tamarind powder
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons rice wine( option)
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 4 Cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 Stalks green onion, cuts an inch in length
  • 4 Hot chili pepper, sliced (option)
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
• Procedures :
  Clean and remove the top shell from the crabs and cut it body to 4 pieces. keep crab's roe (orange, reddish part inside the crab)separated in a small bowl and set it a side.
  In a small bowl, mix tamarind, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and rice wine together, mix well and set a side.
  Heat up a large skillet or wok on high temperature.
  When skillet is hot, add oil, garlic, stirs, add crab, stirs, add crab's roe stirs well.
  Seasoning with prepared tamarind sauce, stirs well till crab turns darker color pink, add green onion, hot chili pepper and black pepper, stirs well.
  Serve hot.