Japanese Curry

Hi all! I love weekend because that is the only time I have to explore and to challenge myself in trying out new things.

I have made Japanese Curry for dinner today! Japanese curry is relatively easy to cook but I wanted to try making something really special. Actually, I have seen a friend posted a picture of this in Facebook a few months ago but I simply cannot get it off my mind .. cos it is simply too kawaii.

I have named it “Pandas Playing in the Mud” and here is my re-creation!

Ingredients for Japanese Curry:

• 3 pieces of chicken breast
• 2 potatos
• 1/2 carrot
• 1/2 onion
• 3 cubes of Japanese curry
• A pinch of salt, soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil and corn flour (to marinate the chicken)

Method:

• Peel off the skin of the potatoes and carrot
• Dice them into cubes and soak them into water to prevent them from turning brown
• Steam them for 20 minutes under small fire
• Off the fire
• Prepare the rice (for the cooking method of the rice, please see my earlier entry)
• Cut the chicken into cubes and marinate them in salt, soy sauce and pepper
• Mix them well and let them stand for around 10 minutes
• Add in the sesame oil and corn flour just before cooking
• Dice the onion
• Heat up the pan or wok and fry the onion
• When the onion starts to turn slightly golden brown, add in the chicken
• Fry until the chicken is almost well done
• Add in the curry cubes and mash them while frying with the chicken
• Add in the potatoes, carrots and the water residue from the steamed potatoes and carrots and continue to mix them well
• Add in more water until the desired texture

I only add a small amount of water as I need a thicker mixture to create the “mud” effect. While waiting for the rice to be cooked, I cut off some shapes from the seaweed (nori). Several thin strips for the stripes, some oval shapes for the eyes and diamond shapes for the nose.

Here’s the end result!

I hope this makes you smile! Enjoy and have fun! 🙂