Taimeiken Style Curry Doria Recipes

THAI STYLE CURRY

Steps:

• Place diced carrots, onion, peppers, and garlic (not the peas yet) in a kettle with a small amount of water and curry powder. Simmer about 5 minutes until tender.
• Add zucchini, cover, and simmer 5 more minutes.
• Blend all the remaining ingredients, except the peas and garboanzos or lentils, in a blender until smooth.
• Add the blended ingredients, the peas, and the garbanzos or lentils to the rest of the vegetables. Heat and serve over rice.

JAPANESE STYLE CURRY UDON NOODLES (KAREI UDON)

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, heat the oil. Add the flour and cook, stirring for a minute over low heat. Add the curry powder and cook another minute. Whisk in the hot vegetable stock all at once: it will thicken almost instantaneously. Add the soy sauce and syrup and cook until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Cook the udon noodles in a large pot of boiling water. When al dente, drain well, rinse and place into 4 large bowls. Fill each bowl with curry sauce, top with scallions and serve immediately.

PORK MINCE OVER PUMPKIN (JAPANESE RECIPE)

Steps:

• Cut the pumpkin into 2cm (3/4 inch) dice, put it on a plate, cover with wrap and microwave until tender (about 7 minutes) Allow to cool a little (so you can handle it) but whilst still hot, remove skin.
• Cool.
• Place the water, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, chilli and salt in a pan, when it boils, add the pork mince.
• Cook for about 5 minutes or until all the pork is cooked and the colour has changed.
• Mix the cornstarch and extra water together add to the pork mince and cook until thickened.
• Pour this sauce over the pumpkin and serve.

TAIMEIKEN STYLE SPAGHETTI ALLE VONGOLE

Steps:

• Rinse enoki mushrooms thoroughly and cut off bottoms of stems.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook spaghetti al dente according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat, then add chopped garlic.
• Add clams and sake. Cover the pan with a lid and steam for about 3 minutes or until the clam shells open, which means the clams are cooked.
• Add enoki mushrooms and cook until they are softened. Add cooked spaghetti and soy sauce. Flavor with salt and pepper if needed. Mix all ingredients. Discard any clams that do not open during cooking.
• Transfer to serving bowls, garnish with green onions or shiso leaves.