00:00In the province of Zamboanga in Mindanao, the most popular food to taste is the Spanner Crab, which they call Curacha.
00:10Curacha comes from the Spanish word Cucaracha, which means cockroach in English.
00:18It looks small at first glance.
00:21The Spanner Crab, which is close to Zamboanga, is very popular in Curacha.
00:25In the seabed, it is usually found.
00:29They catch them using the Spanner Crab, an improvised net trap.
00:34It is placed by the Spanner Crab, which serves as a bait for the Curacha.
00:39Compared to other fish that only turn orange when cooked,
00:44the Curacha of Zamboanga turns red or orange even before it is cooked.
00:51The delicious Curacha is usually found only in the seas of Zamboanga and Sulu.
00:58But you don't have to fly all the way to Mindanao to taste this delicious Curacha.
01:05Because here in Quezon City, in this restaurant, they have Curacha every day.
01:10Let's go!
01:11And their specialty, Curacha in special coconut sauce.
01:17In cooking this, the Curacha is boiled with spices such as ginger, garlic, and lime soda.
01:26After we boil the Curacha for 15 minutes, it is ready to be cooked and sautéed.
01:33Margarine.
01:34Margarine.
01:35You can't use butter.
01:36It will be tastier if you use margarine.
01:38It will be tastier if you use margarine.
01:39Yes.
01:40There.
01:45What is this?
01:46Garlic.
01:47Yes, garlic.
01:49Coconut.
01:50Spices.
01:51Spices.
01:52This ingredient is said to be a secret.
01:55It's delicious.
01:56This is not just coconut milk.
02:00After that, the Curacha will be placed in the middle and will be added to the coconut sauce.
02:05So basically, we will just toss this.
02:08Because our Curacha has already been cooked for 15 minutes.
02:11So we will just toss it.
02:13Basically, it will just be covered by our special sauce.
02:18Wow, look at that!
02:21This is so delicious.
02:28This is the sauce for the dish.
02:35And there you have it.
02:36Curacha with special coconut milk sauce.
02:43The compartments will be broken.
02:45Then you will find the meat in between the compartments.
02:49This is it.
02:50Whole.
02:51Whole.
02:52Oh my God.
02:53It's delicious.
02:54It's delicious.
02:55You either eat it with your hands or you can wear gloves.
02:57The, you know, kitchen gloves.
02:59We have the cellophane gloves.
03:00It's delicious!
03:01Wow!
03:04Oh my!
03:05And it's so easy to eat.
03:08Because, look at that.
03:11It's falling.
03:12Oh my gosh.
03:13And the sauce is so delicious.
03:17What is this sauce?
03:18It's so tasty.
03:19It's coconut milk.
03:21Coconut milk.
03:22It has spices.
03:25It's yellow because of the turmeric.
03:27Yes.
03:28And other spices that goes with it.
03:31Oh my, I'm going to use my hands.
03:32I'm sorry, Kapuso, if I'm handsome.
03:35But this rice is so delicious.
03:37It's so delicious.
03:38This sauce.
03:42It's so delicious.
03:44I think this is the perfect crab of all time.
03:47Yes.
03:48It's easy to eat.
03:49Because the taste of the crab or it's tastier than the crab.
03:53And it's easy to chew.
03:55Yes.
03:56And the cholesterol is not high.
03:58And because of that, I'm going to eat another one.
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