Here’s an updated version of the Japanese chicken curry recipe. To make the sauce smoother than the original, the sauce ingredients have been processed for longer and at higher speeds.
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
Roux
60g vegetable oil
30g (3 tbsp) self-raising flour
10g (2 tbsp) curry powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
pinch ground black pepper
15g (1 tbsp) tomato paste
20g (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
Curry
1 apple, peeled, quartered and deseeded
30g water
2 large onions, peeled and quartered
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 tbsp minced ginger
20g vegetable oil
600g chicken thighs, cut into 3cm pieces
2 carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into 2cm pieces
350g sweet potato, peeled and cut into 3cm pieces
2 tbsp Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
1 tsp garam masala
500g cauliflower florets
Instructions
1. Prepare the roux by adding oil and flour into the Thermomix bowl and cook with the measuring cup (MC) off for 5 minutes/100C/Speed 2
2. Add curry powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce and cook with the MC off for 2 minutes/100C/Speed 1; remove to a medium heatproof bowl
3. Put apple and water into the Thermomix bowl and purée for 5 seconds/Speed 7; scrape down the sides and purée for another 5 seconds/Speed 7; remove to a small bowl
4. Add onion, garlic and ginger into the Thermomix bowl and chop for 10 seconds/Speed 7
5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil and cook with the MC off for 5 minutes/Varoma/Speed 2
6. Add chicken to the bowl and cook with the MC off for 5 minutes/Varoma/Reverse/Speed soft
7. Add apple, carrots, sweet potato, stock concentrate and garam masala to the bowl and cook with the MC half off for 15 minutes/100C/Reverse/Speed soft
8. Use a plastic ladle to spoon out about 1 cup of the liquid into the bowl with the roux and stir to combine
9. Add roux mixture into the Thermomix bowl; put cauliflower into Varoma bowl, assemble and cook for 15 minutes/Varoma/Reverse/Speed soft
10. Carefully stir the cauliflower into the curry
Tips and Hints
1. When making the roux, put the ingredients around the blades and avoid the centre of the bowl so that they can mix together properly
Serving Suggestions
1. Serve with steamed rice
