Natto Curry – Okonomi Kitchen

Natto curry is wealthy, creamy, flavourful, slimy and pure consolation. Serve over rice with a drizzle of mayo or avocado.

I attempted natto curry for the primary time final 12 months at Coco-ichi and it is turn into one among my favorite methods to eat natto.

What’s Natto Curry?

Natto curry is a scrumptious and nutritious dish that mixes the distinctive taste and texture of fermented soybeans with the wealthy and savory style of curry. Natto is a standard Japanese meals made out of soybeans which have been fermented with a particular sort of micro organism, leading to a particular style and texture. When mixed with the nice and cozy and fragrant spices of curry, natto provides a deep umami taste and a satisfying chewiness to the dish. This recipe is an ideal fusion of Japanese and Indian cuisines, and is an effective way to introduce natto to those that have by no means tried it earlier than. On this recipe, we’ll present you make a flavourful and wholesome natto curry that’s each straightforward and fast to organize.

Find out how to Make Natto Curry

There are three parts to natto curry:

• curry sauce
• Japanese brief grain rice
• natto – home made or retailer purchased

You’ll be able to prepare dinner the curry from scratch, prepare dinner the rice and defrost the natto, however it does take a bit extra time. Plus, curry sometimes tastes higher the subsequent day so I sometimes prepare dinner the curry the night time earlier than and let it sit within the fridge in a single day.

Select your curry sauce:

To make it even less complicated, use leftovers! Anytime I make curry, I all the time make additional and freeze in particular person servings for fast and simple meals. I additionally all the time freeze particular person servings of rice and natto. Consider this like… a freezer meal. Merely reheat the curry within the microwave or over the range, reheat the rice and thaw the natto. Pour the curry over the rice after which prime with natto.

To make natto curry much more scrumptious, I like including a creamy component like kewpie mayo, avocado and cheese. I do know it sounds unusual, however belief me on this one. The creamy component takes the curry to a complete new stage of yum. After which with some fukushinzuke (pickles Japanese pickles) ✨ immaculate ✨.

Storage

Natto curry ought to be saved with all of the substances separated. See make natto for additional info.

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Natto Curry

Natto curry is wealthy, creamy, flavourful, slimy and pure consolation. Serve over rice with a drizzle of mayo or avocado. 

• Writer: Lisa Kitahara
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook dinner Time: 5 minutes
• Complete Time: 10 minutes
• Yield: 1 serving
• Class: Entree
• Methodology: Range prime
• Delicacies: Japanese
• Food regimen: Vegetarian

• your selection of curry sauce (see blogpost for choices)
• natto, thawed
• cooked Japanese brief grain rice

Optionals

• fukshinzuke (Japanese pickles), for serving
• kewpie mayo
• avocado

Directions

1. Make your selection of curry sauce: fast single serving Japanese curry, Coco-ichi type Japanese curry, Vegan Japanese home-style curry
2. Cook dinner Japanese brief grain rice with a rice cooker or donabe. If in case you have leftover rice, reheat within the microwave.
3. Thaw natto in a single day within the fridge if making curry sauce and rice from scratch or room temperature whereas reheating the curry and rice.
4. Pour curry sauce over the rice and prime with natto. Garnish with fukushinzuke. Combine all of it up and drizzle with slightly kewpie mayo. Take pleasure in!!

Notes

• Prep and prepare dinner time relies on utilizing leftovers.

Key phrases: natto, Japanese curry, natto curry