Japanese Curry (Kare Raisu) | Kenji's Cooking Show

Summary by Krater

J. Kenji López-Alt demonstrates how to make Japanese curry from scratch using curry powder, clarified butter, chicken, potatoes, carrots, and onions, finished with honey, raisins, and garnishes.

From the video

Answers: How do you make Japanese curry from scratch?

• Japanese curry
• Making curry roux from scratch
• Cooking with curry powder
• Japanese home cooking

Ingredients

• several tablespoons clarified butter
• chicken breast
• 1 carrot
• 1 Yukon Gold potato
• 1/2 onion
• salt
• white pepper
• black pepper
• garlic
• ginger
• about 3 tablespoons curry powder
• about 4 tablespoons flour
• several cups chicken stock
• couple teaspoons honey
• raisins
• MSG
• frozen peas
• rice
• Chinese chives
• pickled eggplant

What it concludes

• Japanese curry originates from Indian food brought over by the British military or navy to feed troops, making it a hybrid dish.
• Japanese curry is thickened with a butter and flour roux rather than being an Indian-style sauce.
• Japanese curry powder typically contains turmeric, cloves, cardamom, fenugreek, star anise, cumin, and other spices.
• Clarified butter can be used to make the roux if milk protein needs to be avoided in the household.
• Japanese curry is traditionally a sweet and savory dish rather than very spicy.