Tajiyo's Kaigun Curry Rice

 

Taken from One Piece filler episode 133: "Inherited Recipe! Sanji, the Curry Expert" and modified to work in an actual kitchen by aksarah

 



In episode 133, a filler episode, Sanji tours the kitchen aboard a Marine ship and helps a young apprentice chef named Tajiyo to make "Kaigun Curry". I wrote the steps down, crafted this recipe mostly from Tajiyo's steps and reworked it so one can actually make it. It has been tested and it is GOOD!

 

Some of the ingredients are hard to get, but if you have an Indian grocer locally, you can find the spices for no more than $3 US/7oz, usually.

 

The flavor is VERY similar to that of the pre-packaged Japanese curry roux-bricks you can find from brands like House's Vermont Curry, only FRESH, sweeter, and wonderful! I don't like the weird aftertaste all the chemicals in those bricks leave behind. This recipe is clean, fresh and excellent comfort food.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb stew beef or beef tips.
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 potatoes
  • 1 tomato or 1/2 15oz canned tomatoes
  • 1 large yellow or 2 small onions
  • 1 tbs ground turmeric
  • 3 tbs tomato sauce or 1 tbs tomato paste
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic
  • 1 inch of grated ginger
  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 tbs butter or margarine
  • 2 cups water and 1 cubes beef bouillon
  • or
  • 2 cups broth and 1 cup h20
  • 1 tbs ground curry spice mix
  • 1/2 tbs ground garam massalla mix
  • 1 tbs all-purpose flour
  • 1 apple
  • peanut oil
  • salt
  • black pepper


 

Preparation:

 

Cut beef into chunks. Season with salt, black pepper, garlic, ginger and turmeric.

Add yogurt, mix and marinate beef for 1/2 hour.




 

If using fresh tomatoes, boil for a minute to loosen skins. Skin and seed the tomatoes.

 

Dice onions.

 

Peel and cut potatoes and carrots into chunks.

 

Cooking:

 

Slowly sauté onions in oil until golden brown. Set aside.

 

Melt butter. Mix in flour, curry and garam massalla.

Cook under one minute till combined


 

Add a bit of oil to a large pot. Quickly sear the marinated meat.

Add the broth, cooked onions and carrot to the meat, bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer 1/2 hour.

 

Slice and grate apple.

 

Add the flour and spice mix [aka 'roux'], potato, tomato and tomato sauce [or paste].

Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 1/2 hour.

 

Lastly, add the grated apple.

Simmer 15 minutes.

 

Serve on a plate with a side of white rice.