Is Curry "Western" Food? Three recipes.

Curry: a dish that belongs to everywhere, and nowhere. In China and Japan, it's served alongside Western food like Steak and Omelettes. Why?

0:00 - Wait, isn't curry Indian?
1:36 - Curry hits Hong Kong
3:38 - Hong Kong Curry Recipe
7:02 - Curry hits Japan
8:32 - Japanese Curry Recipe
11:32 - C'mon, Thai curry isn't Western...
13:25 - Curry Powder Fried Seafood Recipe

FULL, WRITTEN RECIPE

...is over on Substack! Free as always, if it had to be said:

https://chinesecookingdemystified.substack.com/p/western-food-in-asia-curry

HONG KONG CURRY POWDER RECIPE

As promised. Full video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKCfYPJ-gk

Ingredients:

20g tumeric powder ()
10g cumin powder ()
4g chili powder ()
2g star anise powder (/)
2g licorice root (/)
1g ginger powder ()
1g cinnamon powder ()
1g white pepper powder ()
1g clove powder (), 2g
Chenpi dried aged tangerine peel powder () -or- orange peel powder -or- lemongrass powder
8 tbsp vegetable or peanut oil

Add the 8 tbsp of oil to a pan and get up to smoke point, then shut off the heat. Or about ~220C.

Once the oils cooled down a bit, ~150C, toss in the spices. Mix, let it cool down (needs about a half hour or so), then jar that up.

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