MombasaFish
Kaa
Treasured for sweet, delicate meat. Crab in coconut sauce, curries, rich soups.
KES 1,000 per kg
| English name | Crab |
|---|---|
| Swahili name | Kaa |
| Scientific name | Scylla serrata |
| Family | Portunidae (mud crab) |
| Caught | The mangrove creeks around Shimoni and Vanga, Kwale County |
| Method | Trap and hand-gathered from the mangrove creeks |
| Sold by | Per kilogram |
| Price | KES 1,000 / kg |
~85 kcal · 18 g protein · 1 g fat · high in zinc, copper, selenium and B12
Lean, sweet and exceptionally high in zinc and selenium.
Nutritional values are approximate, per 100 g raw edible portion, and vary with size and season. This is general information, not medical or dietary advice.
Steam or boil 12–15 minutes per kilo, then crack at the table. Also outstanding in a coconut curry, or grilled split with garlic butter.
Goes well with: Garlic butter, coconut, chilli, lime
Every order is cleaned to your preference — scaled, gutted, filleted, cut into steaks or left whole. Choose at checkout.
Shellfish are the most perishable thing we sell. Keep cold and cook the day of delivery where possible, and within 24 hours at the latest.
Keeps: 1 day refrigerated
Every fish is looked over by hand before it is packed. These are the four things we check, and they are the same four you should check when it reaches you.
Then it is packed. On ice, in a sealed EPS cooler that holds cold for up to 72 hours. Mombasa goes the same day by rider; everywhere else travels by express courier or bus.
Do these four checks yourself when it arrives. If any of them fails, send one photograph within 24 hours and we replace the item or refund it — we never ask you to send fish back. Read the guarantee.
We supply them fresh and iced. If you want live crab for a specific event, ask on WhatsApp and we will try to arrange it.
Allow 400–500 g of whole crab per person as a main course — there is a lot of shell.
Scylla serrata — the big-clawed mangrove crab of the East African coast, and the finest eating crab in these waters.
