Easy Curry Bread
Serves 4
Curry Bread, or Kare Pan, is the King of the Japanese bakery. A Japanese curry sauce filled, panko-covered savoury donut, it’s as crazy as it sounds but seriously hits that hunger spot. If you’re not lucky enough to live close to a Japanese bakery, then use this easy recipe to make this Japan Centre favourite at home and satisfy that Curry Bread craving!
Ingredients
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• 1 tbsp Kewpie Mayonnaise
• 210g Pancake Mix
• 70g Plain Yoghurt
• 1 pack Instant Curry Sauce
• 3 tbsp Plain Flour
• 1 Egg, beaten
• 280g Panko
• Vegetable oil for frying
Recommended Drink: Japanese Beer
How to prepare
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Combine the kewpie mayonnaise and 1 tbsp water in a small bowl. Add the pancake mix and yoghurt to a separate larger bowl, before adding the mayonnaise mixture and stirring.
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Continue to knead the dough until it solidifies, divide it into 4 equal portions and make into ball shapes. Place on a flour dusted tray, cover with cling film and set aside. Beat the egg in a wide bowl and lay the panko out on a dinner plate.
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Pour the packet of curry sauce into a pan and heat on medium-high, stirring throughout. You need to reduce the sauce so that it becomes more like a paste, but be careful not to burn it. Set aside to cool.
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Roll out each of the dough balls into 6 inch circles on a flour dusted surface. They need to remain relatively thick to ensure they don’t tear when you use them as the wraps for the curry.
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Divide the curry mixture evenly between the 4 dough circles spooning it into the middle. Seal them up by gathering the opposing edges of the circle above the filling and pinching together like a dumpling. Crimp the edges together well so there are no gaps and push the edge down to one side.
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Sprinkle with flour and dip into the beaten egg, before transferring to the panko plate and evenly covering on both sides.
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Fill a wok with vegetable oil for deep frying and heat until a test sprinkle of panko sizzles when added. Deep fry at around 190°C/375°F for 3 minutes, turning several times, until golden brown on the outside. Remove from the oil and drain on a wire rack.
Tips and information
• Mix things up a little with some other delicious fillings. Why not try using leftover stew, Bolognese or Singapore noodles, as long as the consistency is firm it will work.
• Curry Pan can go stale quickly so batch-make and freeze them individually in foil. When you fancy one reheat it in the oven for 20 mins.