I have been having sore shoulder and lately hay fever ‘bug’ for a couple of weeks now. I was feeling really down. However, cooking always cheer me up as I love to cook good food for my family. It is Sunday and I usually come up with some special dish like today I wandered into the Japanese kitchen. This recipe is quite simple. Enjoy la!

Ingredients For Curry

• 1 large onion, chopped to pieces
• 1 large carrots, cut to bite sizes
• 1 medium zucchini, cut to bite sizes

• 2 large potato, cut to quarters
• 1 red capiscum, cut to bite sizes
• 2 tbsp curry powder
• 2( 30g ) curry blocks( Japanese curry blocks )

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp grated garlic
• 2 tbsp grated ginger
• 600ml water

Method

1. Heat pan with olive oil. Add in onion and saute till soft then add in all the vegetables except the potatoes  and continue to stir fry for 3 minutes. Add in the grated garlic and ginger.
2. Add in the curry powder and stir to coate and  combine all the contents. Then pour in the water bring to a boil.
3. Add in the potatoes and curry block, bring to a boil for 15 minutes and simmer to lower heat until potatoes is cooked and soft.

For the Pork(Tonkatsu)

• 4 pieces of Pork Loin ( 115gm each )
• 2 egg ( beaten and mix with 2 tsp water )
• Panko ( breadcrumbs ) 1 packet
• plain flour, for coating
• Oil for frying

• some salt and black pepper

Method

1. Snip any fat on the pork steaks to ensure the meat remains flat when frying.
2. Beat the meat with a meat pallet to tenderize it.
3. Season with salt and pepper and dust lightly with flour.
4. Dip the steaks into the egg first and then coat them with the breadcrumbs.
5. Heat the oil for frying to 170’C. Deep fry 2 steaks at a time for about 6 minutes, turning them until they are crisp and golden. Skim any floating breadcrumbs from the oil occasionally to prevent them from burning.
6. Drain the steaks on a paper towel. Cut the steaks into one inch pieces.

Serving the Tonkatsu Curry

Place steam rice on the side of a plate( see pic ). Line up the tonkatsu on the rice and serve the curry on it. Voila!