Make our easy katsu curry with options to adapt the recipe for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diets. According to your preferences, you can take chicken or tofu.
This week CafeOn brings you this easy katsu Curry recipe to make at home.
Ingredients
- Rapeseed oil, 4 tbsp (or vegetable oil)
- Cooked rice, 2 x 200g pouches
- Cucumber, ½ large (peeled into ribbons)
- Mint leaves or coriander leaves, a handful
- Lime wedges
For the curry sauce
- Rapeseed oil, 1 tbsp (or vegetable oil)
- Onions, 2 (chopped)
- Carrots large, 2 (chopped and peeled into ribbons)
- Garlic cloves, 2 (crushed)
- Ginger, thumb-size 1pcs (peeled and grated or chopped)
- Curry powder, 1 tbsp
- Ground turmeric, ½ tsp
- Coconut milk, 400ml can
- Maple syrup, 2 tsp
For the katsu
- Cornflour, 1 tbsp
- Chicken mini fillets, 8 (280-300g block firm tofu)
- Breadcrumbs, 200g
Method
- First, for the curry sauce, heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the onions and chopped carrots, and cook for 8 mins until the onions are soft, and start to caramelize.
- Add the garlic and ginger and sizzle for another 30 secs, then stir in the curry powder and turmeric.
- Once the spices are warmed through, add the coconut milk, maple syrup or honey, and 100ml water. Season well, cover and simmer over low heat for 20 mins.
- Now the katsu. Mix the cornflour with 4 tbsp water and some seasoning in a wide bowl.
- Dip the chicken or tofu into the flour mixture.
- Place the breadcrumbs in another bowl and dip the chicken or tofu in it, turning until well coated.
- When the onions and carrots in the curry sauce are soft, blitz using a hand or table-top blender. If the sauce is too thick, add a little more water.
- Check the seasoning, adding more salt, maple syrup, or some lime juice, if you like. Keep warm.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the chicken or tofu for 4-5 mins on each side until golden and cooked through.
- Warm the rice and divide between bowls.
- Top with the curry sauce, katsu chicken, or tofu, and serve with the cucumber, carrot ribbons, herbs and lime wedges.
- Now, enjoy!
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