Madagapotamon Humberti, Foza kely

My food today is a big plate of small fresh water crab or foza kely. It has been raining in the last 2 days in the highlands of Antananarivo and small fresh water crabs are thriving in any collection of water. They taste so good, you won't believe you can actually eat as many as 50 crabs. In fact, it is not a plate for the squeamish neither for those who look for big chunk of meat because there isn't any! Check out on the net its nutritional benefits and you will be surprised why you didn't eat them before.

Here is a brief environmental information for the week-end. Madagapotamon humberti is the scientific name of the foza kely. Madagascar has 12 species of fresh water crabs and these are all endemic to the island. They are found in inland water ecosystems throughout Madagascar, in rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, and marshes, or wherever there is freshwater collection . Andava-pofotra.

How this one was prepared? Well, very simple. You buy your foza kely still alive, you clean them well and you drop then in a pan with onion, tomato, garlic and a bit of ginger and serve with parsley and finely chopped spring onions! How you eat them is another matter!