Crab & Callaloo

Ingredients:

You need:
Dasheen Leaves or Calaloo...I prefer dasheen. It's a beautiful large leaf with a velvet like texture. You can find them in West Indian stores or Asian stores.

All chopped: celery, garlic, okra, shallots.

Crab & shrimp

Vegeta (buy it at eastern european deli or supermarket in the ethnic isle)

1 scotch bonnet pepper...just to float and remove (DON'T CUT IT OPEN)

Step 1:

Scald the crab and clean and chop them, as pictured here:

Step 2:

Wash and roll the dasheen leaves:

Step 3:

Chop the dasheen leaves and vegetables.
Amounts are not important. It's as much of the veggies and leaves as you like.

Step 4:

Put all chopped veggies in the pot.
Pour a pint (or enough to cover vegetables) of boiling water over all the ingredients and cook them until soft.
Add crab and cook until done.

Step 5:

Sometimes I add some salt beef or salt pork for extra flavour.