One of my family members is a Japanese food craze since young. Looks like I would be wandering inside the Japanese kitchen for a while. I dished up this Japanese Tonkatsu Don. Simple and easy ingredients.

Ingredients( Serves 4 )

Batter

• 4 pieces pork loin( 115gm each )
• salt and pepper
• plain flour,
• 2 eggs beaten(lightly)
• 50g panko ( breadcrumbs )
• Oil for frying

Sauce (1 serve )

• 100g water
• 1/4 dashi( chicken powder if you wish )
• 1 tbsp soya sauce ( Kikoman )
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 tsp sugar
• 60g onion, sliced

• 1 egg( bean lightly )

Method( Batter )

1. Snip any fat on the pork steaks to ensure the meat do not shrink when cooked. Beat the steaks with a meat pallet.
2. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper on both sides of the meat. Dust with flour and dip into the beaten egg and coat with the panko (breadcrumbs).
3. Heat a pot with oil enough to cover the steaks, 2 at a time . Deep fry on both sides for 3 minutes on each side till golden brown at 165-170’C.
4. Dish out and drain on a paper towel. Slice the steaks into one inch pieces.

Method for Sauce

1. Put all the ingredients for sauce except the egg on the pan(small pan 20cm diameter) and simmer to about 3 minutes, place the pork on top of the sauce with onion, pour some beaten egg and simmer a couple of seconds till the egg looks set, turn off the heat.
2. Serve rice on a bowl and slip in the meat and egg sauce mixture slowly on top of the rice. Garnish with mitsuba leaves or coriander leaves if you wish. Serve. Voila!