Why don’t you try  “Curry rice” which the Japanese love?

“Curry rice” is a combination of rice and curry.
It originated in Great Britain based on Indian curry and introduced to Japan around 150 years ago and evolved in a unique way.　
It is thicker than Indian curry because of the flour.  
It is very popular in Japan as an affordable national dish together with “Ramen” and one of the most popular dishes among kids according to the questionnaire of elementary school. 
However, despite the popularity of Curry rice in Japan, it seems less familiar among foreign tourists.
So I strongly recommend that foreigners should try Curry rice. 

Due to Curry roux, which was invented 60 years ago based on the technique to make chocolate bars, It is easy to cook by ourselves.
So most families use curry roux for making by themselves.

How to cock Curry rice

The recipe for Curry rice is as follows

Ingredient for 4 persons

・1/2 box of Curry roux

・ 1 medium size potato diced

・200g of meat (Beef, Pork, Chicken) 

・1 and a half large onion diced

・1/2 medium size carrot diced

・4 cups of water

・Small amount of salad oil

・Desired amount of rice

Method

1. Preheat the pan with salad oil and fry together the meat, onion, potato, and carrot which are all cut into bite-sized pieces.

2. Add water to the pan and simmer on low-medium flame for 15 minutes until tender.

3. Stop heating temporarily and add the curry roux to the pan and simmer on low flame until cooked.

4. Serve steamed rice as desired on dishes and put curry to the side.

Recently the quality of Retort curry, which you can make with only a boiling bag, has improved and you can enjoy good taste. So I recommend you to try. As for eating out, there are some chain stores of Curry rice as follows.

・Coco Ichiban-Ya：https://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/  
Curry rice specialty shop It serves lots of variety of curry and other topping. You can also chose the level of spiciness.

 ・Sukiya: https://www.sukiya.jp/en/#menu 
Sukiya is a large chain store which serves inexpensive dishes like a beef bowl.  So you can easily find Sukiya.  The eel bowl it also serve is nice and affordable. 

・Matsuya: https://www.matsuyafoods.co.jp/english/menu/curry/index.html 
 It serves affordable disshes same as Sukiya. Curry rice is easy to make by yourselves and also it is easy to find restaurants which serve them as affordable folksy dishes. 

Let’s enjoy Curry rice, the taste of Japanese national dish.