Japanese Curry Rice (日式咖喱饭)

We'll try something different this time.  Well not really something unusual though.  Most have heard of it and even try it in Japanese restaurants before.  It is Japanese Curry Rice.  In general, the curry is not particular spicy and they even have a rating system for its spiciness.  That is great as you could choose the level of spiciness to suit for the kids.

Ingredients :-
米，萝卜，马铃薯，牛肉，洋葱，日式咖喱
Rice, Carrot, Potatoes, Beef Cube, Onion and Japanese Curry pack are all the ingredients.  Most of these ingredients can be easily found in Supermarket.  For the Beef Cube, they usually cut it out and pack it nicely for you.  there are couple of brands for the Japanese Curry pack out in the market, I try not to promote any particular brand and the most important is choose the one in which the spiciness is what you wanted.  Usually, I choose the medium rating for spiciness as it is just nice for kids.  2 or 3 Carrots, 2 or 3 Potatoes, 1 bulk of Onion, 1 pack of Beef Cube and 4-6 cubes of the Japanese Curry are needed to cook for a meal of 4 (2 adults and 2 children).  4 to 6 cubes of the Japanese Curry depend on how thick you want the curry to be.  For the Rice, you can choose the typical Japanese grain rice (softer but slightly more expensive) or just those normal rice you eat everyday.

Cooking Instructions :-
1. Peel off the skins for the Carrots, Potatoes and Onions.  Wash them and cut the Carrot and Potatoes into cubes.  Cut the Onions into slices.

2. Wash the Beef Cubes and if you wish you can further cut them into smaller cubes.  Note, to cut the Beef cube easily, you have to cut along the grooves line of the cube using those teeth type of knife.

3. Boil 1/2 or slightly less than that a pot of water (medium size of pot) as eventually you want to get 1/4 pot.

4. Once the water boils, put in the Beef Cubes, Carrots, Potatoes and Onions, cover up the pot and slow cook it for at least 3 hours.

5. 3 hours later, cook your rice.

6. Now all the ingredients inside the pot should be well cooked.  Carrot and Potatoes soften, Onions probably dissolves and Beef Cubes well done and this is the time to put in the Japanese Curry cubes.

7. Depending how many cubes of the Japanese Curry you want to use (4 to 6), slowly one by one put in.  Each time 1 cube is in, stir it to make sure it is fully dissolved then put in the next.  By doing so, you can also judge the thickness of the Japanese Curry.  Don't make it too thick or too dilute and that is why putting in 1 by 1 is a good idea.

8. By then the Rice should be cooked and everything are ready to be served.

Sure your kids will like it :)