Eggplant and Squash Katsu Curry

Ingredients (4 servings)

Onion (minced) 200g
Water 720ml
Vegetable oil 1 Tbsp
S&B Golden Curry Mix 92g 1 pack
Rice (cooked) As needed
【Squash katsu】 Squash (cut into bite-size pieces) 150g
Butter 10g
Salt Pinch
Flour As needed for deep-frying
Egg (beaten) 1
Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) As needed for deep-frying
【Eggplant katsu】 Eggplant (cut into slices 1 cm thick) 2
Salt Pinch
【A】 Flour 30g
Water 50ml
Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) As needed for deep-frying
Vegetable oil Amount necessary for frying
Salad vegetables of your choice As needed
Edamame (shelled) As needed

Directions

  1. Roughly mince the onion. Put oil in a frying pan and stir-fry over medium heat for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the specified amount of water and bring it to a boil. Turn down the heat, cover the pan with a lid, and cook for 15 minutes until the ingredients are tender.
  3. Turn off the heat. Break the S&B Golden Curry Sauce Mix into pieces and add them to the pan. Stir and melt them completely. Turn on the heat again and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes until the sauce becomes thick.
    【Squash katsu】
    1. Remove the seeds from the squash and cut it into bite-size pieces.
      After soaking the pieces in water, cover with plastic wrap and microwave them at 600 W for 4 minutes to soften them.
    2. Put 【1】 and butter into a bowl and mash them. Season with salt and divide the mixture into 4 portions. Roll each portion into a ball.
    3. Divide the mixture into 4 portions and roll each into a ball. Coat the balls with flour, egg, and panko, in this order.

    【Eggplant katsu】
    1. Cut the eggplant into 1 cm thick slices. Sprinkle salt and leave for some time. Wipe off the moisture using a paper towel.
    2. Combine the ingredients of 【A】. Apply it generously to the eggplant in 【1】 and then bread it with panko.
  4. Deep-fry the 【Squash katsu】 and 【Eggplant katsu】 in oil heated to 170°C until crisp.
  5. Put the rice and salad vegetables of your choice on a plate, pour the curry sauce over the rice, and top with the squash katsu and eggplant katsu.