Curry Rice

About the dish

Curry rice is a foreign dish reshaped to Korean taste and now a home-cooking staple — vegetables and meat simmered into a thick golden sauce over rice. Its yellow color makes it the dish of Yellow Day.

Key ingredient

Turmeric (ulgeum) — curcumin activates alcohol-metabolizing enzymes and aids the liver and stomach lining; antioxidant and supporting. Peak in November, from areas like Jindo.

Ingredients

Main: rice, curry powder, potato, carrot, onion, pork or beef · Seasoning: oil, salt

Simple recipe

1. Dice the onion, potato, carrot and meat.
2. Stir-fry everything in a pan.
3. Add water and cook through.
4. Stir in curry powder and simmer until thick.
5. Serve over rice.

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