Tofu Katsu Curry
Tofu Katsu Curry

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, tofu katsu curry. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tofu Katsu Curry is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Tofu Katsu Curry is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

With a mildly spiced and creamy curry sauce, this dish makes a fantastic comfort food recipe to warm the cockles on a chilly night. Add the ginger and garlic and fry for a few seconds more. Mix the breadcrumbs with the curry powder and a pinch of salt, then place on a plate.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have tofu katsu curry using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tofu Katsu Curry:
  1. Make ready 200 g short grain white rice, washed
  2. Take 280 ml water to cook white rice
  3. Prepare 300 g extra firm tofu
  4. Make ready 1 medium eggs
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp plain flour, seasoned with salt and white pepper
  6. Get 60 g panko crumb
  7. Make ready 1 large onion
  8. Prepare 750 ml sunflower or vegetables oil to deep fry tofu
  9. Make ready 1 clove garlic
  10. Take 2 tsp grated ginger
  11. Make ready 1 medium carrots
  12. Take 1 medium courgettes
  13. Take 1/2 apple, grated
  14. Make ready 2 tbsp sake
  15. Prepare 100 g curry roux blocks
  16. Take 2 tsp curry powder
  17. Take 60 ml vegetable/corn/sunflower oil
  18. Make ready fukushin-zuke or takuan Japanese pickles for condiments

Katsu curry is one of my all time favourite meals and I will always order it if I see it on the menu! To serve, place some rice in each bowl, place the crispy tofu on top and pour over the curry sauce. Serve with sliced spring onions or shallots and some julienned carrot. Tofu Katsu (Baking option below!) You can watch the video below on how to make tofu katsu!

Instructions to make Tofu Katsu Curry:
    1. Finely chop all the vegetables. Heat vegetable oil in a large sauce pan with medium-high heat and sauté, onion, garlic, grated ginger and carrots for about 7-8 minutes. Add courgettes and curry powder and then keep stirring for about 2 minutes taking care not burning. Then add sake and cook for about 1 minute to evaporate alcohol.
    1. Add water into the pan with vegetables and bring back to a boil then turn down the heat to medium-low and add curry roux mix by breaking them up. Stir it well until all the roux dissolved. Once all the roux block has dissolved, add grated apple and simmer for about 15-20 minutes by stirring from time to time.
    1. While cooking curry sauce, prepare tofu katsu. Cut tofu into 1cm thick rectangular cakes. Wrap each tofu cakes with kitchen paper and press to soak up excess moisture. Dust each tofu cakes with seasoned flour and then dip with whisked egg then coat with panko crumbs making sure all the surface are covered with panko crumbs completely.
    1. Heat oil in a deep-frying pan or a wok to 170C and then slide tofu cakes into the pan to deep fry then until golden colour. This should be about 2-3 minutes. Take them out onto layers of kitchen papers.
    1. Place the cooked rice and tofu katsu cakes on top of rice in large bowls or pasta plates. Pour the curry sauce sideways over a third of tofu katsu, so that two-thirds is dry, and one-third is covered with sauce. Place the fukushin-zuke or any pickled vegetables on the side.

Drain water from the tofu by wrapping them in paper towels and then placing a heavy flat surface (a board or plate) on top of each. Set aside to allow the tofu to infuse with the soy sauce. 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. Add the garlic and ginger and sizzle for another minute or so, then stir in the curry powder and turmeric.

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