Things I ALWAYS do to improve my Japanese curry: 1) buy the Java (best imo) or Vermont curry brands, they taste more rich and flavourful than the standard golden curry, 2) caramelize the onions, and add even more onions at the potato + carrot stage so you can see bits of onion in the final dish, 3) add grated apple and cook it down with the other veggies, 4) use good quality beef or chicken stock if you have it, 5) finish with a few knobs of butter, 1 tbsp each of ketchup, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce (or even better - Japanese Bulldog/tonkatsu sauce) and adjust these to taste. Some people even like to add chocolate or coffee to deepen the flavour! These additions will truly make your curry taste and look like the restaurant quality curries you find in Japan!

@fermi-dirac

2 жыл бұрын

those are some good tips! i like to add some grated apple in there for some extra sweetness sometimes too :)

@ashpie22

2 жыл бұрын

Does a type of Apple matter?

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you boo its really helpful

@butterflybush

2 жыл бұрын

damn i have been told twice this exact curry recipe, caramelized onion, grated apple, chocolate! i seriously need to do this now i’ve only ever gone as far as to caramelize my onions but i gotta hit it with an apple and chocolate next time

@re-yoda

2 жыл бұрын

And next time please let the curry sit overnight or about a day in the fridge. The difference it makes is like night and day. no pun intended.

I grew up eating Japanese curry and it is truly a national icon. There is so much culture around curry in Japan. It's a staple dish when you go out camping, as it's a simple dish that everyone can help make. And because it's so dead simple, pretty much everyone has their own version, with different regions and prefectures adding their own local vegetables to make a version unique to their area. And because it's such a reliable dish that's frankly difficult to mess up and fairly healthy, it's one of the main dishes served at schools and during disaster relief.

Instantly bought the golden curry blocks and tried this yesterday, mixing veggies in my fridge, adding a fish filet made in the oven and of course, rice. It was delicious and it will definitely be added to the family menu! 🙏🏻

Actually, my family from Hong Kong used to make Japanese curry rice using ACTUAL CHOCOLATE instead of that chunk. And it tasted awesome!

@ratoh1710

Жыл бұрын

Chocolate is a classic add in for curry rice but it doesn't replace the roux since that contains the actual curry spices.

@nas84payne

9 ай бұрын

Chocolate??!!! Come on now!

@Ichibuns

7 ай бұрын

Some people is the USA use chocolate in their chili. It works well in a lot of dishes. I could definitely see it being used in a curry.

what a generous rating!! Makes me even more proud to be Japanese haha My dad gave me a tip when making curry, to mix the different flavors of curry (the spicy one and sweet one), and I can confirm that it tastes better somehow 😂

Honestly I really loved the video production on this. Beautiful editing!

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

wow thanks so much

@hasspass8751

2 жыл бұрын

@@letsKWOOWK Could you do Sudan, I'm genuinely begging. Pls🥺

I will try this curry, it looks amazing! I would love for you to try the Mexican national dish, mole poblano, but damn, good mole paste is hard to find overseas and making it from scratch is... well... it's a complicated dish lol

Such a hearty recipe, I'll save this for cold autumn evenings 🔥

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

i love to make japanese curry when i am almost out of groceries. i always have the curry around so i just add whatever random fresh or frozen veggies i have left, sometimes chinese sausage too!

i have japanese and peruvian roots, and i’m very proud to say that both cultures have amazing food. you should do a peruvian dish next, maybe ceviche or lomo saltado, there are plenty of options really :)

@patcheckert295

Жыл бұрын

After I got to try Peruvian food a couple years ago I am obsessed! It is so amazing!

@bookwormd8627

Жыл бұрын

No waaaay. My great grandmother had Peruvian ancestry but the rest is Japanese, so I’m a Japanese- Korean(dad) with Peruvian roots too!!

@leoscheibelhut940

Жыл бұрын

I love cerviche! I first had it in the Philippines, where it had been introduced from Peru by the Manilla-Acapulco Galleon trade that lasted from the early 1500s though to Mexican Independence from Spain in the early 1800s.

Every Japanese has a word or two about how to make curry rice. Of course it is all about the meat and the brand, but each person has his or her own secret condiments. For example, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, fruit, honey, and some even add coffee or chocolate. Anyway, I am very glad you enjoy Japanese curry rice! Keep up good work!

@akuari666

2 жыл бұрын

麺つゆも美味いで〜

Since I've made curry for Christmas I eat it every day now (made it again after it was over). I'm obsessed. The pre made pack is too expensive here, so I just make the roux myself (takes 5 minutes), like my grandma taught me. Since then I've tried again, thickening with corn starch. It worked great, but I still prefer the result with the roux.

I love curries, but for me, Japanese brown curry is one of the most satisfying meals.

I love your vids they teach me about foods I never knew about

my mouth was watering while listening to this, this sounds so goddamn good

YESS now do philippines! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

@koalabearxtb5665

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@r0ckym4rtin

2 жыл бұрын

No

@gahyeonsupremacy

2 жыл бұрын

YESS

@otakkampungnajis4356

2 жыл бұрын

Pinoy

@anguschan7653

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

I love Japanese curry rice, I make mine with ground beef but otherwise it's pretty similar to how you do it. I have also put mushrooms and beets in with much success and I've had it at restaurants that had peas in it and it was good. I also like to layer the veggies in the pot in order of what needs the most cooking so mushrooms/onions, carrots, potatoes and then pre cooked beef on top and I also do the entire veggie cook/simmer with the curry mix already in instead of adding it at the end so that everything is nicely infused with curry goodness.

I made this to tonight and it was amazing ! It tasted exactly like the Japanese restaurant near my house! Keep it up 👍

Japanaese curry seems really similiar to what we make in Kerala (south india) called kerala beef curry. I think the main difference between the two is use of spices. Our curry has so many different spices and also we add coconut milk and ghee to thicken the curry. Ofcourse, Japanese curry has its root in indian curry

@user-do5zk6jh1k

2 жыл бұрын

There is a missing link in the creation of Japanese curry that is often not discussed and that is the British Royal Navy. When Japan was building its modern in the late 19th and early 20th century, it looked to Britain as the strongest navy in the world and copied everything it could. This included food, and Britain adopted ingredients and recipes from its colony in India and modified them for use in the Royal Navy. The Japanese then took this new British curry and spread it throughout their own navy to fix their malnutrition problems.

@whotfcaresaboutyouropinion

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-do5zk6jh1k thanks for the information 😊

@louisnghiem9415

Жыл бұрын

The Japanese industrialized the curry making process. Those curry cubes of contain dozens of ingredients and each brand varies. But the classic Indian spices such as the gram masalas, cumin, coriander, tumeric, chili, fenugreek are there along with Japanese changes (to suit the milder Japanese palettes) adding peanut butter, apple/banana puree, chocolate and self contained with ingredients for longer shelf life such as vegetable shortenings, flours, and sugars

I realy wanna see a version off our lovely german HAUSMANNSKOST ! Love your Videos. Im a broke student and i'm just cooking your recepies since i found your channel 🥰

Don't need the salt. Just replace with a dab of soy sauce. Don't use potatoes that's just filler. Replace with mushrooms. Don't add meat, replace with a generous portion of pork katsu, or if you want to go crazy, do a combo of shrimp, pork, crab cake katsu. For the rice, prepare like the Japanese, short grain rice, wash rice until clear water drains out. Pour into the rice cooker, add the appropriate water, drop in a thumb size piece of dried kelp (konbu), optional but adds a nice bite to the rice, a thumb size piece of dried sheet agar, let sit for half to one hour. Cook. When done, immediately open the rice cooker and gently lift, fold, and fan (yes blowing air) the rice to fluff, add air, and gloss the rice. Serve rice, katsu, with sweet pickled baby onion things, finely shredded cabbage topped with carrot ginger dressing.

You should totally try Portuguese food. We have a lot of good stuff! We have *Cozido à Portuguesa* (Portuguese stew), *sardinhas assadas* (grilled sardines), *Bacalhau à Brás* (cod with potato and beaten eggs, all mixed) and many others.

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

@spacecat7451

2 жыл бұрын

We have _Feijoada_ too

@UnusualPete

2 жыл бұрын

@@spacecat7451 _"(...)and many others"_

@spacecat7451

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnusualPete I didn't read the rest sorry :(

@lisandro1076

2 жыл бұрын

Muito obrigado por comentares. Já tinha comentado mas não me notaram.

Please try Polish food. I would advise you to make our dumplings (we call them pierogi here), they are quite easy to make and don't take 10 years to get used to them lol.

@frgwyn3760

Жыл бұрын

The fact that you have to beg people to try polish food shows everything.

@frgwyn3760

Жыл бұрын

Pierogis are good but in a way a slider is good compared to a burger because dumplings just win.

@frgwyn3760

Жыл бұрын

Polish food better than Ukraine food tho

I have this exact pot at 1:08 that’s also used for the curry. Mines red, that’s beriberi cool.

YEAH I LOVE JAPANESE CURRY since I am Japanese, but if there was Fukujinzuke instead of Kimchi, the score would be 10/10 for me 🤤

@sungjuyea4627

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. kimchi is another good choice to go with Japanese curry though:)

You should try the national dish from Argentina: locro. It's kind of a stew based on corn, potato, pumpkin, beans, meat and vegetables. There are too many ways to prepare it, but it's pretty good, and better on winter :)

3:54 omg your pickled white radish evolved into Kimchi I think??

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

shhhhh

Nice curry, but just some tips: Half a carrot, half an onion.1 mediun size potato 200g meat per 1 packet. so, for the curry you made you need to double your curry cubes.(that is why it was a bit watery) Also, you want to use a bigger pot so you can take the scum easier lastly, better melt the cubes first before putting it into the pot. This prevents the cube from just sinking end burning at the bottom of the pot. Anyways, great job! (side note: you can add some cumin/garam masala in the end for better flavour)

@Chiburrotube

Жыл бұрын

Adding double cubes won’t be necessary, adding a mix of water and flour could help with making it thicken Also more cubes means more sodium which is bad for you health

Oh heck yeah!! Golden curry is awesome! I have been having this brand since I was in elementary school. After I opened my lunchbox with this curry, my classmates said it was stinky!! They were really missing out this hidden gem lol 🤣🤣🤣

Your channel is growing fast! I use to remember when I susbcribe when you are only in 26.1k subscribers keep it going man!

Bro u NEED to try the Egyptian one it is so freaking good like HOLY

@fermi-dirac

2 жыл бұрын

omg what is it :O

@rodam4991

2 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about koshary?

@roaamohamed8145

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodam4991odc

@roaamohamed8145

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodam4991 it is literally so perfect

Could you please do Finland? Finnish food dosent get enough love 😅

Amazon has this brand of curry available. I order from there. I give my Japanese curry a 9/10.

Finally managed to make this recipe. It tasted amazing. Thank you for the video.

Omg, thank you for this recipe, it was sooo delicious 😍

Yay thank you so much for doing Japan ✌🏻

You are an amazing chef OMG!!! You make me soooo hungry ever time I watch your videos 🤤🤤🤤

3:04 Nice to know how you used the pre made one because my family used a similar one from a brand called glico.

It will be interesting when you rate Iceland's national dish. Officially, it is hákarl, a cured Greenlandic shark . It has been eaten since Viking times. I personally don't think it fits your description of a national dish. People eat it during certain special occasions, but it is not something typically eaten as a typical meal at one's home. My suggestions would instead be for kjötsúpa (traditional meat soup) or plokkfiskur, a tasty fish stew or hash.

curry rice is what saved me in uni life! but i'd suggest people to try brands like java curry, vermont curry, or kokumaro instead of golden curry. i think those three are the best and can be found overseas. i may be weird but sometimes on hotter days, i'd make my curry slightly less thick because it's more refreshing to my throat if i can sip sip my hot and spicy curry 😂

If you liked it, you'll probably love "katsu curry", which is basically the dish you made + Japanese crispy pork cutlet

Honestly japanese curry is so easy to make and you can keep it for the whole day. Uni students u need to try it

You should try an Indian dish named pav bhaji which is basically flavorful curry with spongy and crispy bread 🇮🇳

@R_.709

2 жыл бұрын

It not national

@krishgupta2166

2 жыл бұрын

@@R_.709 the thing is which of our dish is national we've only got state dishes 🫡😏

@zombiexdgamer2777

Жыл бұрын

@@krishgupta2166 yeah but he ain’t gonna eat every state dishes

I'm pretty sure almost every country has a dish just like this. Probably some people might have been making this at home without knowing that it is something big in Japan.

guy really ate curry blocks

Omg. I was very sceptical at the beginning, but after i have got the result i was completely blown away. The food should not be delicious like this one)) This is absolutely insane. Thank you for this recipe.

Bruh I was thinking of try and making curry for the first time in my life and you just posted this video. Thanks

I wanna really see the Indian dish (Khichadi). It's very easy to make it can be without veggies or with veggies too. And keep it up for your videos you make excellent videos 🙂

@jedi8012

2 жыл бұрын

India is too diverse to have a national dish.

@geography_bee_456

2 жыл бұрын

@@jedi8012 I did not mention (national dish)

The b roll camera was quite jolting when you switched to it. If I were you either get a better camera for it , so the images look more similar. Or just don’t use it. Good to experiment though

@letsKWOOWK

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really helpful comment

Excellent! We have a few “Amazing Oriental” in my home town!

Japanese curry is one of my fav dishes so I'm glad to see some ways I could make it even better, both from the vid and comments.

I also don't know what bay leaf does. It's just there begging to be removed immediately after cooking.

Do brazilian feijoada!!!!

Traditional accompaniment would be pickled onions. Yes, the british style pickled onions.

I've watched my Japanese mum make curry for years and holy shit you've nailed this recipe

I love bobotie ❤❤❤. You have to try one of our most loved dishes - bunny chow (no bunnies harmed) also walkie-talkies (chicken feet and beaks)

Japanese curry will always be one of my favorites. Especially while I’m a poor college student

Could you please try 5 curry soru. It actually has daalcha, flavored rice, white kurma, birni (sweet to have in the end) This food is little heavy, but trust me it is worth giving a shot. Hope you will like it.

Wish you did longer videos

@boo does a great job of covering most of the options to further improve the great taste of Japanese curry, but of all @boo's suggestions the simplest is the most important--caramelize your onions and then add at least one more onion roughly chopped when you add the potatoes and other vegetables. However much onion you think you need try doubling it and be amazed at the improvement. Another Pro-tip; I have frequently seen Japanese people clean out their fridge of every bit of leftover vegetable and meat and add it to their curry with great success.

@leoscheibelhut940

Жыл бұрын

@boo does a great job of covering most of the options to further improve the great taste of Japanese curry, but of all @boo's suggestions the simplest is the most important--caramelize your onions and then add at least one more onion roughly chopped when you add the potatoes and other vegetables. However much onion you think you need try doubling it and be amazed at the improvement. Another Pro-tip; I have frequently seen Japanese people clean out their fridge of every bit of leftover vegetable and meat and add it to their curry with great success.

Hey KWOOWK!!!!!! make and rate my Malaysian breakfast Nasi Lemak for the next video

I make this a lot in cooler weather. It’s also FAST.

disappointed you didn't make your own roux.. it's pretty easy and the taste is another level to the ready-made cubes

To improve this you should coat the beef with flour, then eggs, then panko bread crumbs, then fry it

Please do try Vietnamese National dish! It’s super good. Our National dish is called Phó personally I like it with chicken because there are different meats which is pretty good! You don’t need to serve with meat but you NEED to use meat to make it. Remember to squeeze lime ontop when ur serving it. Can also have coriander in it.

The price breakdown had me crying in California food prices

This recipe is almost identical with finnish karelian hot pot. Only difference is that we do not thicken the sauce and traditionally eat it with potatoes.

I live in a tiny city without asian supermarkets but during lockdown i really wanted to try making that, so instead I found a way to make the spices mix myself (I dont make it as thick as the cubes though, i just thicken the broth afterwards to my liking) and i love it so much. I keep making it for my friends and since its always so much and cheap to make, i keep freezing portions for when my need for comfort food hits. i enjoy putting in some sour apples and dark cocoa depending on the mood. One day i want to try it with fish instead of meats.. its such a forgiviing dish, you can mess it up as you want... itll always turn out okay after a bit experimenting. ah anyway, I love it so much and one day i want to try an authentic japanese curry somewhere haha

@tariik.h

Жыл бұрын

For a self-made roux you should use the same weight of butter and flour, add the spices and stir fry until golden brown.

Yunno, Japanese curry is one of the most warming dish I’ve ever tried as I was living in hk

If you try Indian don't even take think about taking 'kichdi' according to google. I believe biriyani is the unofficial non veg national dish.

i'm making this at 2am right now and i'm not even hungry my apartment is filled with amazing smells right now

Bro try 🇧🇩Bangladesh's breakfast🍽👍

hi kwoowk i watch ur vids a lot and was wondering when you were gonna do the serbian national dish

Hi! Whats the “scorn” that you took off when the recipe was simmering? why take it off? Thanksn

Try Encebollado from Ecuador! It's literally one of the best soups ever!

Ecuador 🇪🇨 (Galápagos Islands)

If you add chicken katsu or mochiko chicken, this would be one of my favorite dishes of all time! Great videos!

Add some Hot Honey to your curry at the end for extra flavor, i also prefer Vermont! Kimchi is a perfect pair which you already did :-)

chicken katsu curry rice is chef's kiss

I hope for the UK you do a roast dinner

You should try Malaysian's Nasi Lemak

Damn, it's so weird that Japanese Curry is Japan's national dish considering it's not what you'd think when you think Japanese food. I can give this to a commoner and they would never guess Japan.

@RnRnR

Жыл бұрын

It did not originate in Japan. But it's very common there, and the countries around it. My country's national dish also originated somewhere else.

Gotta do Ecuador 🇪🇨 next!

yesses goooo i know this is kind of a very late comment but i saw that you use the same rice cooker as me(in this video)

I love watching your videos and i would really like seeing you try byriani from India

I'm still waiting for you to try pupusas from El Salvador!

Yo I made Japanese curry yesterday this is insane timing

Try Philippines “Tapsilog” its something you can buy for breakfast in philippines the shop is called “ tapsihan / tapsi “ I like “chicksilog” which is tapsilog but chicken “ tapsilog “ the dish is tapa which is pork im not sure tho Second fried rice and im not really sure what kind of fried rice but i just know its fried rice cause i just ate it for breakfast today and third put some egg at the top of the fried rice 😀👍 its so delicious you should definitely cook it ( you can go to philippines beacuse other people are welcomed always and pilipinos can speak english everyone in the philippines can speak it your welcome to go there ) now please do it im. Not forcing but alot of people want you to do it 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

カレーライス or Kare raisu indeed is very popular in Japan, anyone can eat without worrying about allergies. I LOVE Japanese food. BUT. I'm from Peru and I didn't find any Peruvian dish in this channel 😢. For example Peruvian Ceviche, Lomo Saltado, Ají de gallina, Causa, etc 🤤 I will subscribe to the channel after I see some Peruvian flavors here 😊🫣

Looks like every country has a popular dish which is a variation of the standard South Indian curry!!

i like short and enjoyable contents its perfect

カレールーはエバラ食品の"横浜舶来亭ブラック"がおすすめ

Lol this looks exactly like all stews I’m Sweden (but I grew up with moose meat instead of beef). It’s nice that all countries has some form of basic stew in their cuisine :’)

@Nosuchthingasfish

2 жыл бұрын

yep~ stews are easy to make and every country makes them, there is a very major difference though, and its the way its prepared and the ingredients! they change country to country!:D

I had Japanese curry for lunch today. I always make mine from scratch though. Apples, cocoa and all.

You should try Lithuanian food we have 2 national food "Šaltibarščiai" it is nice cold soup that doesn't look like any other soup this soup colour is pink and second food is "cepelinai" that is meed inside potato it is really good

"i also pickled some picked white radish" xD

finally japanese one! i really like curry because it's very simple to make!

can u do the national dish of singapore which is hainanese chicken rice

I'm from Japan and we eat this a lot and a love it

I'm happy that you liked my country's cuisine🥰