As Thai myself, I can firmly say that, even without crab meat, that red-chilli-paste egg custard goes well with literally E-VE-RY-THING! That egg custard paired with any fried proteins, be it chicken, pork, beef, you name it!
@@charliechuggerz Please do! Personally, I would recommend sliced steak or beef patty if you go with beef, but anything should do fine. Do add some veggies in as well, as this dish is quite rich in itself.
@@malcolmquick3708that’s a thing? Where do you live? I live in the very middle of Michigans Great Lakes, but we don’t have crab. We have every fresh water fish imaginable though.
I have eaten this dish before in Thailand and had trouble finding a video recipe of it for a long time. Thank you so much for this!! Don't mind the looks, and please keep giving us incredible and lesser-known Thai recipes like this!! Your viewers will very much appreciate!
For those who can't really find fresh crabs where they live, you can use shrimps, squid, or any white fish fillets instead and they'll be just as yum. For fish fillets, coat them in light batter and fry them up before throwing them in the curry gravy otherwise they will break apart while you're tossing them around in the pan
Forget the looks, I absolutely adore this dish! But you´re also right about the price. I live in a land locked country and crab is astronomically expensive here! But after seeing your video I think I will treat myself to this to celebrate the beginning of my vacation! Thanks Pai!😋
I just wrote my own comment on this: try ask your local asian grocer for frozen crab meat. Here in Pinneberg, they even order things for me, if they don't have it already.
Well I'm I the Bay area of California so I don't have that problem. But it's still kinda expensive, probably not as much as you. But I can also order it from the East coast and get it the next day.
@@paulbegley1464 i’ll be in Thailand by the end of the year so I’m looking forward to having as much seafood as I can over there. San Francisco is a lovely city. I enjoyed my stay over there very much, but that was years ago. All the best!
I tried this but scallops once in the Bangkok’s China Town, been obssessed with this dish ever since, and I’ve been looking for this dish’s name for months. Thank youuu!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is my favourite Thai dish. I may be the only one in this world who thinks this doesn’t look ugly. On the contrary, it is the most beautiful dish on the dining table 😊
This dish is by far the best thai dish ever. I am obsessed I order it every time I can. I look for it on every Thai menu. Sometimes here in Aus you can find the custard paired with fried soft shell crab..I put this custard with literally everything. Chicken, beef, prawns, even scallops. I am beyond obsessed and Thai is my favourite food so that is saying something!!! Thank you Pai I have been waiting years for you to make this 😭🤣🙏🏻❤️🎉
I made this dish with the whole crab and it's very very tasty cause the flavours from the shells enhanced it..just stir fry the crab first with the onions and garlic, then add the curry powder before adding in the egg custard... garnish with just celery/spring onions will make the dish look beautiful. This is finger licking good.
Yes, finally! Totally second your "must try" sentiment, you have to eat it when you're in Thailand! Soft shell crab pad pong garee absolutely blew my mind when I first visited Thailand, right on my first night when I was invited to a local restaurant by a friend's family. Had never before eaten anything like it. Its eggy texture and nam prik pao sweetness combined with curry powder aroma were weird at first, "tastebuds couldn't compute". Still, I couldn't stop gobbling it up with rice because it was just so darn tasty. It doesn't even feature the fresh herbs galore used in other Thai dishes; just simple ingredients apart from the crab. Yet, it's such a uniquely tasty explosion of perfectly mingled flavours and texture. By now, I see it as a great example of how Thai cuisine can jumble a multitude of ingredients together to create a dish that is impressively more than the sum of its parts. I still get swoony whenever I think back to that first time eating it. It's that good. And unfortunately, outside of Thailand I've never found a Thai restaurant that serves the proper eggy-creamy version of this. They may even have a pad pong garee on the menu, but it's usually just a stir-fry with curry powder but without eggs. (Also mind-blowing: yam thua plu, the winged bean salad with shrimp and roasted coconut! And of course, many more ;) )
Your recipes are delicious, your teaching skills are terrific, but my favorite aspect of your channel is your delightful personality! Thank you so much for the joy I experience watching your videos!
I firmly believe that the most delicious dishes also happen to be the ugliest 😂 in an age of social media, it feels like we turn away from these less aesthetic but insanely delicious recipes. Wish there was more content like this! Can’t wait to try it out 😋
this is my Thai wife's best dish. back in the day when we were living in Chonburi, on the coast, and we would meet the boats on the beach when they brought in the fresh crabs for the day. nothing beats this dish with super fresh seafood. We have also made this with large shrimps (leaving the skins and heads on for extra flavor). Easier for most to eat and also a bit less expensive and accessible for those not near a good fish market.
I once encounter a Korean friend and she told me, her first Thai friend she had, that her favorite Thai dish is ปูผัดผงกะหรี่ (Poo Pad Pong Karee). She literally pronounced the Thai name in her Korean accent and I was so surprised, not only because I did not expect the dish to be such well known abroad since it's not like an iconic dish foreigners usually talk about but also because she said it in Thai hahaha
As a Vancouver boy living in Bkk for over 20 years this has always been my favorite dish. I order it every time I go to Suda restaurant. I love cooking but have never tried this recipe, I will for sure now. I already know it will turn out great, thx much!!!
Suda ROCKS! i first ate their in 1990. have you had their Chicken in Pandan Leaf (Gat Haw Bai Toey), or the amazing Cashew Chicken, (Gai Pad Med Mamuang) which is unlike any otehr in Thailand?
@@davidlevine1697 Yes I've had just about everything on the menu over the years, great place. You wouldn't happen to be the same David Levine from SCR on Soi 11 are you?
@@jameshanky i am not from Soi 11, Soi 71 for 20 years. I have lived and worked in BKK, Patong, Kata, Karon Beach, Pattaya, Jomtien, and Chachangsao. I am now a retired chef/f&b manager and have a condo in Jomtien, but currently i in NYC taking care of family. I come to this channal to refresh myself before i prepare TH food as the TH food in NYC is negoitable at best, and making it at home is always better. i only live a 10 minute walk from Chinatown so i have access to all that i need, including hard to find herbs and veggies. One of my favorite dishes to make is Hoy Lai Pad Prik Pao, Clams In Chili Paste with Sweet TH Basil. I actuallly travel with a jar of Chili Paste when visiting freinds as i am ineveitably asked to cook TH food. ☮❤🙏
Maybe something is wrong with me but I don't think it looks bad at all :) Gives me some laksa vibes. I never cared about presentation all that much, so I'm glad you changed your mind.
The garnishes really did MAGIC on this dish! Looks so good! Honestly even before the garnish I wouldn't have minded the look of the dish, but the garnish really said "Jazz hands"
Wow! We made this for dinner tonight, and it was absolutely delicious. It was also very simple to make. Very little prep time! I had never tried Thai chili paste- wow, it is great! Thank you for posting the recipe, even if it isn't the most aesthetically pleasing dish... 😂
Awesome, thanks. In the olden days we used to be able to get canned Dungeness crab...OMG it wasn't mush, it was fantastic. Toasted crab sandwiches, crab stuffed mushrooms, crab bennies, crab dip hot or cold, crab fried rice. I miss the days when we had family whole crab feeds, 3 lb ers and could afford it without taking out a 2nd mortgage 😮
It might look unappetising to westerners, but show this to a Southeast Asian and we'll know it will be to die for when eaten with steaming hot Jasmine rice. 😍
Is not ugly. From someone who has worked in Bangkok and lived in Samut Prakan, I can smell and taste the dish on the computer screen! My youngest son once did steal it from his mother's plate as a 9 month old. It is now (and still is) his favourite Thai dish. He made learn to cook it when we returned home. My version uses chopped whole blue swimmer crab. Roe crab is best!
I can’t wait to try this! You are just so darn cute! Don’t ever apologize for what a dish looks like. I know presentation is important but taste is what matters!
The first time my family ate fried curry crab was in BKK. Sombong seafood @ Rachada. We ordered the deshelled crab one as we didnt enjoy eating w shell on. So easy to eat my kids just loved the dish. Each trip to BKK tis restaurant is a MUST visit. They also hve other outlets at Siam Sq n Central World . But we still like gg back to the multi storey restaurant @ Rachada. Always packed n make sure you make reservations to avoid disappointment. Thanks Pailin. I now can make tis dish at home in SG for my family. 😊
we have this in most of the south east asia.. like thailand and singapore i usually describe it as curry scramble egg with crab meat inside... so ppl will associate it with scramble egg which isnt beautiful to begin with :D
My whole family love this dish very much, and we could only have it in restaurant, and we've been wondering how to cook it, now we can try it at home with live mud crab. Thank you very much.
To make this is a no brainer to me! Can't wait to make it! A few things: Canned crab meat is surely nothing you ever wanna buy! Still expensive. Watery. Still has some of the glass bones in it: I totally agree! BUT! What I learned from our local asian grocery store here in Pinneberg, Germany: there is frozen crab meat! A game changer! Comes at a reasonable price. Not watery. No bones. So, if you can't get fresh: ask your local asian grocer for that. I don't like celery. I think I'm gonna use scallions. As well as maybe even some chives on top. About the onions: I sometimes soak mine in thin soy sauce for some 20min, beforehand. Does anyone else do that, too? As for the curry: if you're from the US: one of the most delicious curry powders I ever bought was the "mild curry" from The Spice Merchant in Witchita, KS. (1300 E. Douglas Witchita, KS 67214) Amazing! And I think this one would compliment this dish just perfectly. Greetings from the far north of Germany!
Don't be embarrassed of how it looks, Pai. When I first saw it I honestly thought it looked similar to hot and sour soup in color but with less liquid in it. It has the egg drop soup egg look to it. It looks tasty and nice and gentle on the mouth. :)
We had this dish in a small restaurant in Bangkok (Lek Seafood) and kept on ordering it each time we went there. Unfortunately, we had no idea what it was called so couldn't find a recipe UNTIL you just posted it! We printed it and took it to our favourite Thai restaurant in Victoria (BC) to show it to our waitress. She said -- our chef can cook that for you, TODAY! So, that's what my husband ordered and it looked very much like your dish and he loved it. Our waitress also got the brand of the chili paste he uses for us and where we can buy it. So, now I have the paste and am planning to cook it soon. I really enjoy watching your UA-cam presentations and bought Sabai as soon as it came available. I have cooked a few recipes from it very successfully. Khàawp-khun khâ.
This was a favorite child hood dish of mine and my parents would just call it seafood wrap in Chinese without ever knowing the actual Thai name of it. 30 years later, I am glad after recalling from my memories the contents of this dish, Google led me to this video. Thank you Pailin!
My family also always order just the meat part 😆It's my top favourite childhood dish. Having lived abroad, frozen shrimp also works and it is a good compromise between price/taste but if you want the real stuff then it needs to be crab. 👌
Hi Pailin!! I am so glad you decided to share this recipe. I have always loved this dish but I never knew what it is called, until today. But now that I know how to cook it, I will definitely give it a go and put in other proteins/ingredients, even make it vegetarian! Thank you so much and yes, this is my favorite dish. It never crossed my mind that it looks ugly, in fact, I am always so happy to see it when I ordered it :)
Been waiting so long for this video! Thank You. One of my favorite dishes. I have all the ingredients. Just waiting for the details of how to put them together. One of my favorites.
👍Hi, dear Pai!🥰💐 I love crab meat that much, that I do not care a lot about the look of the dish, as the sauce is appearing a bit curdled because of the eggs in it... it's the great taste that counts! By the way, your presentation actually looks very pretty😍👍 I definitvely want to give this recipe a try....❤... can't wait! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, dear Pai😋🌺, and thank you so much for your new cookbook SABAI, which I have received just a few weeks ago❤🎉 it is AMAZING! Lots of love and greetings from Switzerland, Esther🙋♀️
It looks delish! I usually have the shrimp, chicken or vegetarian version at the street food restaurant across the street from work... I'm so going to try that recipe coz crab is just the best.😋
my mom used to make this w whole crab & I always thought it was the biggest pain to eat lol. Plus on the technical side, I loved the picture-in-picture view you used for this video!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Crab is my favorite and all I do is steam or cook it in garlic/sesame oil. Will definitely try this delicious recipe.
This is one of my favorite curries! And in Thai restos here in the Philippines can get pretty expensive. So whenever I’m in Bangkok, I try my best to eat it, too.
For the sake of making it easier to eat I use lump crab meat as well. Glad I'm not the only one that finds it unappetizing to look at but tastes wonderful.
One of my favorite dishes. We lived in Songkhla almost twelve years working and raising 2 sons who can now cook it for their families. The beautiful mud crab back in those days cost Bt150/kg. Can't get them in Phitsanulok so my sister-in-law couriers them by EMS from Khaw Chaing.
so happy to see this recipe, i think the trick with "ugly" dishes is just (as you did) to acknowledge that it looks a bit funny and move on - really looking forward to trying this one day edit: also i feel like this is a thing that often happens with delicate proteins and ingredients when you cook them - but yeah really happy every time i see you post stuff Pailin, keep up the good work!
I don’t know what you’re talking about, because it looks amazing! Although do I understand what you mean, I grew eating Cantonese food. I can imagine it would taste amazing with crab guts too 🥹
I cooked this recipe but replace the crab meat with soft shell crab. I deep fry the crab and prepared the curry sauce separately then poured the sauce on top of the crab. Not an original way but at least my guest know I’m cooking a crab not an egg curry😅
Hi! It's a Korea King, but as far as we can tell it's not on Amazon and rather hard to find online. Best bet is probably culinary stores then? Cheers! Adam
I usually put the rice in the pan and stir-frying it with the crab and it taste amazing I called it khao pad poo pong karee. yes it is the mushier fried rice ever but its good
As Thai myself, I can firmly say that, even without crab meat, that red-chilli-paste egg custard goes well with literally E-VE-RY-THING! That egg custard paired with any fried proteins, be it chicken, pork, beef, you name it!
I used to stir-fry that custard with fish balls and it was amazing
really? i might try it with some minced beef
@@charliechuggerz Please do! Personally, I would recommend sliced steak or beef patty if you go with beef, but anything should do fine. Do add some veggies in as well, as this dish is quite rich in itself.
As a fellow Thai, My recommendation is crispy pork.
@@yoogleza thank you i can’t wait to try
I don't care what it looks like it's the taste that is important
Agreed!!!
Maybe, but the taste and smell don’t get UA-cam views! I’m going to make this as soon as I can afford the crab!
@@sandrastreifel6452 I've got 4 crab pots and I just put them out in the mangroves and catch them fresh from the ocean
@@malcolmquick3708that’s a thing? Where do you live? I live in the very middle of Michigans Great Lakes, but we don’t have crab. We have every fresh water fish imaginable though.
I have eaten this dish before in Thailand and had trouble finding a video recipe of it for a long time. Thank you so much for this!! Don't mind the looks, and please keep giving us incredible and lesser-known Thai recipes like this!! Your viewers will very much appreciate!
Never apologise for something like that dish. It looks amazing and I am sure it tastes wonderful.
For those who never have this. This dish is so gooooood!! With shrimp is also good 😁😁😁
For those who can't really find fresh crabs where they live, you can use shrimps, squid, or any white fish fillets instead and they'll be just as yum. For fish fillets, coat them in light batter and fry them up before throwing them in the curry gravy otherwise they will break apart while you're tossing them around in the pan
Forget the looks, I absolutely adore this dish! But you´re also right about the price. I live in a land locked country and crab is astronomically expensive here! But after seeing your video I think I will treat myself to this to celebrate the beginning of my vacation! Thanks Pai!😋
I just wrote my own comment on this: try ask your local asian grocer for frozen crab meat. Here in Pinneberg, they even order things for me, if they don't have it already.
@@peterdoe2617 Thanks for the tip, Peter!
Well I'm I the Bay area of California so I don't have that problem. But it's still kinda expensive, probably not as much as you. But I can also order it from the East coast and get it the next day.
@@paulbegley1464 i’ll be in Thailand by the end of the year so I’m looking forward to having as much seafood as I can over there. San Francisco is a lovely city. I enjoyed my stay over there very much, but that was years ago. All the best!
you can try it with any meat i.e. chicken, pork any is okay with this menu
I tried this but scallops once in the Bangkok’s China Town, been obssessed with this dish ever since, and I’ve been looking for this dish’s name for months. Thank youuu!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm officially drooling -- I *know* this is soooo good!
This is my favourite Thai dish. I may be the only one in this world who thinks this doesn’t look ugly. On the contrary, it is the most beautiful dish on the dining table 😊
This dish is by far the best thai dish ever. I am obsessed I order it every time I can. I look for it on every Thai menu. Sometimes here in Aus you can find the custard paired with fried soft shell crab..I put this custard with literally everything. Chicken, beef, prawns, even scallops. I am beyond obsessed and Thai is my favourite food so that is saying something!!! Thank you Pai I have been waiting years for you to make this 😭🤣🙏🏻❤️🎉
With the custard, do you use evaporated milk or coconut milk? I'm so excited to make this custard for thai dishes 😋
Do you fry or cook your proteins first or cook them in the curry?
I made this dish with the whole crab and it's very very tasty cause the flavours from the shells enhanced it..just stir fry the crab first with the onions and garlic, then add the curry powder before adding in the egg custard... garnish with just celery/spring onions will make the dish look beautiful. This is finger licking good.
Yes, finally! Totally second your "must try" sentiment, you have to eat it when you're in Thailand!
Soft shell crab pad pong garee absolutely blew my mind when I first visited Thailand, right on my first night when I was invited to a local restaurant by a friend's family.
Had never before eaten anything like it. Its eggy texture and nam prik pao sweetness combined with curry powder aroma were weird at first, "tastebuds couldn't compute".
Still, I couldn't stop gobbling it up with rice because it was just so darn tasty.
It doesn't even feature the fresh herbs galore used in other Thai dishes; just simple ingredients apart from the crab.
Yet, it's such a uniquely tasty explosion of perfectly mingled flavours and texture.
By now, I see it as a great example of how Thai cuisine can jumble a multitude of ingredients together to create a dish that is impressively more than the sum of its parts.
I still get swoony whenever I think back to that first time eating it. It's that good.
And unfortunately, outside of Thailand I've never found a Thai restaurant that serves the proper eggy-creamy version of this. They may even have a pad pong garee on the menu, but it's usually just a stir-fry with curry powder but without eggs.
(Also mind-blowing: yam thua plu, the winged bean salad with shrimp and roasted coconut!
And of course, many more ;) )
Crab or not the sauce is exquisite.
Your recipes are delicious, your teaching skills are terrific, but my favorite aspect of your channel is your delightful personality! Thank you so much for the joy I experience watching your videos!
That looks delectable. ❤
Crab + curry + rice? Heavenly.
I had this once at a restaurant in Rayong. And could never find it again. Still haven’t forgotten, and it makes me glad to see you make it!
As a Thai, I never complain about its appearance. It's one of my top favorites. Super delicious!
I firmly believe that the most delicious dishes also happen to be the ugliest 😂 in an age of social media, it feels like we turn away from these less aesthetic but insanely delicious recipes. Wish there was more content like this! Can’t wait to try it out 😋
Exactly, rendang for example is delicious yet isn't one of the prettiest dishes. :)
Exactly! I've eaten so many absolutley delicious dishes that looked like dog food. Who cares! If it tastes good that's what matters!
It's the most delicious dish I tried in Thailand apart from Tom Yam. Thank you for the recipe. It doesn't look ugly at all. It looks great.
this is my Thai wife's best dish. back in the day when we were living in Chonburi, on the coast, and we would meet the boats on the beach when they brought in the fresh crabs for the day. nothing beats this dish with super fresh seafood.
We have also made this with large shrimps (leaving the skins and heads on for extra flavor). Easier for most to eat and also a bit less expensive and accessible for those not near a good fish market.
My mom and I made this for new years and it was the best.
I once encounter a Korean friend and she told me, her first Thai friend she had, that her favorite Thai dish is ปูผัดผงกะหรี่ (Poo Pad Pong Karee). She literally pronounced the Thai name in her Korean accent and I was so surprised, not only because I did not expect the dish to be such well known abroad since it's not like an iconic dish foreigners usually talk about but also because she said it in Thai hahaha
As a Vancouver boy living in Bkk for over 20 years this has always been my favorite dish. I order it every time I go to Suda restaurant. I love cooking but have never tried this recipe, I will for sure now. I already know it will turn out great, thx much!!!
Suda ROCKS! i first ate their in 1990. have you had their Chicken in Pandan Leaf (Gat Haw Bai Toey), or the amazing Cashew Chicken, (Gai Pad Med Mamuang) which is unlike any otehr in Thailand?
@@davidlevine1697 Yes I've had just about everything on the menu over the years, great place. You wouldn't happen to be the same David Levine from SCR on Soi 11 are you?
@@jameshanky i am not from Soi 11, Soi 71 for 20 years. I have lived and worked in BKK, Patong, Kata, Karon Beach, Pattaya, Jomtien, and Chachangsao. I am now a retired chef/f&b manager and have a condo in Jomtien, but currently i in NYC taking care of family.
I come to this channal to refresh myself before i prepare TH food as the TH food in NYC is negoitable at best, and making it at home is always better. i only live a 10 minute walk from Chinatown so i have access to all that i need, including hard to find herbs and veggies.
One of my favorite dishes to make is Hoy Lai Pad Prik Pao, Clams In Chili Paste with Sweet TH Basil. I actuallly travel with a jar of Chili Paste when visiting freinds as i am ineveitably asked to cook TH food.
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Maybe something is wrong with me but I don't think it looks bad at all :) Gives me some laksa vibes. I never cared about presentation all that much, so I'm glad you changed your mind.
The garnishes really did MAGIC on this dish! Looks so good! Honestly even before the garnish I wouldn't have minded the look of the dish, but the garnish really said "Jazz hands"
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It’s been over ten years since I’ve had this and I am so excited you posted.
Wow! We made this for dinner tonight, and it was absolutely delicious. It was also very simple to make. Very little prep time! I had never tried Thai chili paste- wow, it is great! Thank you for posting the recipe, even if it isn't the most aesthetically pleasing dish... 😂
This dish has always been what I look for the first thing whenever I’m in BKK. It’s just divine. ❤
She said that bowl was enough for 4 people. Lol. I thought, NOPE. I'd kill that whole bowl by myself. That recipe is a thing of beauty.
Awesome, thanks.
In the olden days we used to be able to get canned Dungeness crab...OMG it wasn't mush, it was fantastic.
Toasted crab sandwiches, crab stuffed mushrooms, crab bennies, crab dip hot or cold, crab fried rice.
I miss the days when we had family whole crab feeds, 3 lb ers and could afford it without taking out a 2nd mortgage 😮
It might look unappetising to westerners, but show this to a Southeast Asian and we'll know it will be to die for when eaten with steaming hot Jasmine rice. 😍
The more I watch…the more I admire!! You are one special chef and lady!!
Your cook is perfect, your language is perfect as well , big like from Kuwait 🇰🇼
This was one of the best foods I've eaten in Thailand! I could never find a good recipe, thanks!!!
Is not ugly.
From someone who has worked in Bangkok and lived in Samut Prakan, I can smell and taste the dish on the computer screen!
My youngest son once did steal it from his mother's plate as a 9 month old. It is now (and still is) his favourite Thai dish.
He made learn to cook it when we returned home. My version uses chopped whole blue swimmer crab. Roe crab is best!
I can’t wait to try this! You are just so darn cute! Don’t ever apologize for what a dish looks like. I know presentation is important but taste is what matters!
Can you please make ปลาหมึดผัดไข่เค็ม 🥹🥹🥹
The first time my family ate fried curry crab was in BKK. Sombong seafood @ Rachada.
We ordered the deshelled crab one as we didnt enjoy eating w shell on.
So easy to eat my kids just loved the dish. Each trip to BKK tis restaurant is a MUST visit. They also hve other outlets at Siam Sq n Central World .
But we still like gg back to the multi storey restaurant @ Rachada. Always packed n make sure you make reservations to avoid disappointment. Thanks Pailin. I now can make tis dish at home in SG for my family. 😊
Never been so happy to live on a loch in Scotland. Crab I can get. Hurrah! Thank you for the recipe.
We tried this dish in bangkok. Super yummy. Creamy and soft curry. Love it.
we have this in most of the south east asia.. like thailand and singapore
i usually describe it as curry scramble egg with crab meat inside...
so ppl will associate it with scramble egg which isnt beautiful to begin with :D
My whole family love this dish very much, and we could only have it in restaurant, and we've been wondering how to cook it, now we can try it at home with live mud crab. Thank you very much.
To make this is a no brainer to me! Can't wait to make it!
A few things: Canned crab meat is surely nothing you ever wanna buy! Still expensive. Watery. Still has some of the glass bones in it: I totally agree! BUT! What I learned from our local asian grocery store here in Pinneberg, Germany: there is frozen crab meat!
A game changer! Comes at a reasonable price. Not watery. No bones.
So, if you can't get fresh: ask your local asian grocer for that.
I don't like celery. I think I'm gonna use scallions. As well as maybe even some chives on top.
About the onions: I sometimes soak mine in thin soy sauce for some 20min, beforehand. Does anyone else do that, too?
As for the curry: if you're from the US: one of the most delicious curry powders I ever bought was the "mild curry" from The Spice Merchant in Witchita, KS. (1300 E. Douglas Witchita, KS 67214) Amazing! And I think this one would compliment this dish just perfectly.
Greetings from the far north of Germany!
Don't be embarrassed of how it looks, Pai. When I first saw it I honestly thought it looked similar to hot and sour soup in color but with less liquid in it. It has the egg drop soup egg look to it. It looks tasty and nice and gentle on the mouth. :)
We had this dish in a small restaurant in Bangkok (Lek Seafood) and kept on ordering it each time we went there. Unfortunately, we had no idea what it was called so couldn't find a recipe UNTIL you just posted it! We printed it and took it to our favourite Thai restaurant in Victoria (BC) to show it to our waitress. She said -- our chef can cook that for you, TODAY! So, that's what my husband ordered and it looked very much like your dish and he loved it. Our waitress also got the brand of the chili paste he uses for us and where we can buy it. So, now I have the paste and am planning to cook it soon.
I really enjoy watching your UA-cam presentations and bought Sabai as soon as it came available. I have cooked a few recipes from it very successfully. Khàawp-khun khâ.
Where can I find the Thai chili paste? Or the brand? I live in BC also! ❤ 😊
Tasted sooo good! Another crab dish to keep in my repertoire 👏👏👏
Thank you so much for doing this recipe Kuhn Pai! One of my favourites.
This was a favorite child hood dish of mine and my parents would just call it seafood wrap in Chinese without ever knowing the actual Thai name of it. 30 years later, I am glad after recalling from my memories the contents of this dish, Google led me to this video. Thank you Pailin!
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So glad you shared this recipe.
...love the orange tee shirt too.
This is my favorite Thai dish along with Rad Na. Whenever I go to Thailand to see family, this is always on the agenda. Everyone in my family knows.
We had this dish in a restaurant called Pinto Karon in Phuket, it was divine !😍 So happy that i was able to taste it
It looks wonderful thanks for showing
My family also always order just the meat part 😆It's my top favourite childhood dish. Having lived abroad, frozen shrimp also works and it is a good compromise between price/taste but if you want the real stuff then it needs to be crab. 👌
I think this looks great. When I visited Thailand few years ago, I ordered this dish, it was amazing. Thank you for sharing this easy recipe.
Looks plenty delicious to me! Thanks for sharing this with us!
This doesn’t look ugly. It looks delicious!
My second favorite Thai Dish after Moo Cha Muang!!! I don't care how it looks, I'm gonna eat it any day, any time!!!!
Hi Pailin!! I am so glad you decided to share this recipe. I have always loved this dish but I never knew what it is called, until today. But now that I know how to cook it, I will definitely give it a go and put in other proteins/ingredients, even make it vegetarian! Thank you so much and yes, this is my favorite dish. It never crossed my mind that it looks ugly, in fact, I am always so happy to see it when I ordered it :)
I don't care about the look, I think it's yummy; because I like all the ingredients ❤
I think it looks really pretty with the rice!
Just ate that dish yesterday at Pupen Restaurant in Pattaya. Great. But yours looks better. 😋
Been waiting so long for this video! Thank You. One of my favorite dishes. I have all the ingredients. Just waiting for the details of how to put them together. One of my favorites.
In Brazil, there is an appetizer known as Casquinha de siri, made completely different but looks the same and its so good!
👍Hi, dear Pai!🥰💐 I love crab meat that much, that I do not care a lot about the look of the dish, as the sauce is appearing a bit curdled because of the eggs in it... it's the great taste that counts! By the way, your presentation actually looks very pretty😍👍 I definitvely want to give this recipe a try....❤... can't wait! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, dear Pai😋🌺, and thank you so much for your new cookbook SABAI, which I have received just a few weeks ago❤🎉 it is AMAZING! Lots of love and greetings from Switzerland, Esther🙋♀️
It looks amazingly good !
I’m going to try this with chicken and shrimp! Don’t care what it looks like as long as it’s delicious!
..rice makes everything looks pretty and so much appetising..🤤🤤
Just bought a pound of Dungeness crab at Costco.....was going to make crab cakes. NOPE! Making this!! Thanks so much!
It looks delish! I usually have the shrimp, chicken or vegetarian version at the street food restaurant across the street from work... I'm so going to try that recipe coz crab is just the best.😋
my mom used to make this w whole crab & I always thought it was the biggest pain to eat lol. Plus on the technical side, I loved the picture-in-picture view you used for this video!
This is one of my absolute favorites, and it was so hard to find! I could only get it down in the Rayong area in the nicer restaurants.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Crab is my favorite and all I do is steam or cook it in garlic/sesame oil. Will definitely try this delicious recipe.
This is one of my favorite curries! And in Thai restos here in the Philippines can get pretty expensive. So whenever I’m in Bangkok, I try my best to eat it, too.
Looks fantastic to me!🥰
No wonder it isn’t ugly to me - this reminds me of canned sardines and egg, a pretty quick dish some Filipino families do! (And me.)
Mmmmmm!!!!! I wish so bad I could taste this!! Thank you for sharing the recipe! ❤
For the sake of making it easier to eat I use lump crab meat as well. Glad I'm not the only one that finds it unappetizing to look at but tastes wonderful.
Made my mouth water! I’m making this tonight!
One of my favorite dishes. We lived in Songkhla almost twelve years working and raising 2 sons who can now cook it for their families. The beautiful mud crab back in those days cost Bt150/kg. Can't get them in Phitsanulok so my sister-in-law couriers them by EMS from Khaw Chaing.
As a Thai can confirm, this dish is sooo goood
This is my favorite thai dish. Glad you finally made a video!!
so happy to see this recipe, i think the trick with "ugly" dishes is just (as you did) to acknowledge that it looks a bit funny and move on - really looking forward to trying this one day
edit: also i feel like this is a thing that often happens with delicate proteins and ingredients when you cook them - but yeah really happy every time i see you post stuff Pailin, keep up the good work!
I don’t know what you’re talking about, because it looks amazing! Although do I understand what you mean, I grew eating Cantonese food. I can imagine it would taste amazing with crab guts too 🥹
I cooked this recipe but replace the crab meat with soft shell crab. I deep fry the crab and prepared the curry sauce separately then poured the sauce on top of the crab. Not an original way but at least my guest know I’m cooking a crab not an egg curry😅
I’m so glad you made this! It’s one of my favorites 😊
I was sooooo waiting for your version of ปูผัดผงกะหรี่ ขอบคุณมากครับคุณไพ
I think my daughter would love this, I’m going to have to try it out
I had been waiting some time for the recipe for this dish, thx so much👍🏻👍🏻
We can’t wait to make this dish, looks so delicious! Thank you!
My most favorite Thai seafood dish kub. Please disregard how it looks like and give it a try. ❤
do u buy raw crab and then steam/boil to cook it and then get the flesh? in aus it’s mostly frozen mushy crab meat
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Pailin, can you share a link for the non stick pan that you use in this video, thanks
Hi! It's a Korea King, but as far as we can tell it's not on Amazon and rather hard to find online. Best bet is probably culinary stores then? Cheers! Adam
Delicious and beautiful dish!!!!
I usually put the rice in the pan and stir-frying it with the crab and it taste amazing I called it khao pad poo pong karee. yes it is the mushier fried rice ever but its good
My favorite Thai dish❣ Thanks for sharing this recipe❤😍
One of my favorite Thai dishes. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you, I absolutely like this dish so much :)
This is the most popular Thai dish in South Korea (but they usually use soft-shell crab).