Curried Potato Stir-Fry is a tasty and super easy side dish where julienned potatoes are stir-fried with ground meat and seasoned with a savory curry flavor. The combination of tender potatoes and aromatic spices makes this dish wonderfully comforting yet simple to prepare. It’s delicious when freshly made, but it also tastes great when cooled,…
Beef Katsu Curry is another popular Japanese curry dish served over steamed rice and topped with panko-fried beef katsu. It’s a delicious and satisfying combination of two beloved Japanese dishes rolled into one. The whole experience feels indulgent but perfectly balanced. The beef katsu is wonderfully crunchy on the outside while the meat inside stays…
Dashi Curry is a curry made without store-bought curry mix but with dashi stock and curry powder, thickened with starch. It’s a simpler type of Japanese curry often found at Soba or Udon noodle shops, in contrast to curry specialty stores that use more complicated spices and ingredients. Unlike traditional Japanese curries that rely on…
Pork and Cabbage Curry is a simple variation of Curry and Rice using Japanese curry sauce mix. Typical Japanese curry requires some time to stew beef, potatoes, and carrots. This curry features thinly sliced pork and cabbage, which takes significantly less time to cook. The flavor combination of pork, ginger, and cabbage resembles Pork Shogayaki,…
Soup curry is a type of curry-flavored soup served with lightly fried vegetables and steamed rice. Unlike traditional curry, it has a lighter consistency, and the rice is typically served separately, allowing diners to dip the rice into the soup as they eat. Soup curry is known for its light flavor and abundant vegetables, and…
Katsu curry is a popular Japanese dish that combines a deep-fried cutlet (Katsu) with a flavorful curry sauce. The dish features a yummy Tonkatsu pork cutlet (or sometimes chicken) that is breaded and deep-fried until crispy. This crispy cutlet is then served with Japanese curry sauce, a thick, mildly spiced curry usually made with a…
In our mini-series of Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto, we are going to different stores from traditional to trendy, and show you a glimpse of the culinary scene of Kyoto in 2023. After we tasted delicious food at stores, we tried to recreate those dishes, not exactly but more in our own way, at home…
Curry Yakisoba is stir-fried noodles flavored with curry powder. The spicy curry aroma stimulates the appetite at any moment. Here, beef is used as protein in the dish, but it can be easily replaced with chicken or pork. And that’s the same for the vegetables. Cabbage, broccoli, and onions work very well too. Curry Yakisoba…
Curry and Rice (カレーライス) is a Japanese-style curry featuring a thick, hearty sauce with chunky meat and vegetables served over steamed rice. Today, it’s one of the most widely enjoyed dishes in Japan, whether at specialty curry shops or at home. Although Curry and Rice isn’t a traditional Japanese dish, it has become an essential…
Dry Curry is a kind of curry dish that is made of ground meat and minced vegetables. It has been a popular home cooked meal in Japan for a number of years, although it’s not as widely known as the Japanese Curry and Rice outside of Japan. As the name indicates, the curry is “drier”…