Japanese curry recipe?

[lavendeer]

I make curry all the time, but I have only made it using the packaged powder or flavor cubes. I'd really love to be able to make it from scratch! I have been unable to find any recipes and a lot of times if you search for curry recipes "from scratch" they still include using the flavor cubes :(

So.. does anyone have a recipe for making Japanese

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[adorable1]

I can't find my favorite recipe at the moment, but this one comes pretty close. The original recipe isn't vegan, but easily convertible. However it does calls for Shrimp, but that can easily be substituted for protein or vegetable of your choice.

Mango Prawn Coconut Curry

Ingredients:

1 yellow onion, thinly sliced

20 prawns Any protein or veggies of your choice. I like tofu and eggplant personally.

3 cups hot water

3 teaspoon red curry paste

200ml coconut cream

1 1/2 cup mango pulp, cubed

1 cup sweet potato, cubed (I used the japanese sweet potato)

1/2 teaspoon fish sauce (add more at the end of it isn't enough) Soy Sauce works just great as a replacment

[lavendeer]

Thanks for posting this!
Maybe I'm just very ill-informed about making curry.. but is it possible to make all the curry seasoning from scratch? I'd really like to try making it without using "curry" paste or anything like that if I can.

[elinafromtheash]

Red curry paste is pretty much considered an ingredient in itself, like stock, condiments (think ketchup, mustard) or (more similarly) like curry powder.

[lavendeer]

Thank you for that info :)

[elinafromtheash]

There's recipes to make it yourself (same as stock, mustard, etc) and I haven't tried any but here's the first one I found that didn't call for shrimp paste:
http://danatreat.blogspot.com/2009/02/winter-vegetable-thai-curry.html

[maggishness]

Yes, it most certainly is. I tend to use a pre-made one though I make my own curry powder, but it's not hard to make. Basically you chuck the different spices in a small blender/food processor (or mortar and pestle) and out comes curry powder or paste (depending on the ingredients). You can probably find lots of different recipes around the web or in Asian cookbooks, but I think a mix of fresh chilis, coriander leaf, lemongrass or lime juice, garlic and ginger would be a good base for a curry paste.