Snails Delight

I have never seen this kind of snails being sold at the wet market before. I was at the seafood section last Saturday , when I spotted this beautiful snails. I asked the lady what is the name of these snails. She just shrugged her shoulders and told me in Chinese ‘ fa loh ’ . I shot a few questions at her ..she just told me this.. “ this is very delicious if you cook them with fermented soybeans and lots of chillies and garlic ” . " Cook like you cook the sea clams ‘ la la ’ " and she added " not often you get to buy this coz it is very rare…seldom you see it in the market nowadays ”…...wow , that was sales talk ???

they look beautiful... like those sea shells we used to collect

from the beach...beautiful spots on their shells :)

1000 grammes cost RM8 only..cheap rite? :))))

Whatever it is , I bought 1000 grammes back ..just to satisfy my curiousity :) No regrets , it tasted good, crunchy texture and easy to take out the meat from the shell too…just use a toothpick , easy as ABC. But you have to have a thick sauce to go with the snails. You need to coat the snail meat with the thick spicy , garlicky sauce before you eat them…..I regretted not buying more since we hardly see them in the market. Could it be they have exported it out to France ??? :P Hmmmm.. I will definitely buy them again , my next trip to the market :p I would appreciate it if someone can tell me the name of this snail…..some friends told me they are apple snails but when I searched the internet, the apple snails doesn’t look like this at all. :)))

Tasty if cooked this way, with lots of garlic, chillies
and fermented beans ' tau cheong' in Chinese

Yummmm..... I can't wait for Saturday to come by quick :p

Snails With Spicy Garlicky Fermented Bean Sauce

Ingredients:

1 kilogramme of snails- soaked and wash clean the snails, drained

ground chillies – to your taste , add more if you want it more spicy
4 tbsp of fermented soy bean
6 pips of garlic – finely chopped

3 tbsp of olive oil
½ cup water

Method:

Stir fry all the chillies, garlic and fermented bean with the olive oil in a wok till fragrant. Add in the snails and stir fry till well mixed. Add in the water and cover with a lid. The time taken to cook this is the same as the time taken to cook the sea clams ‘ la la ’. Dish up and serve with rice or eaten alone as appetizer.

Enjoy!

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