Spinach & minced meat curry

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450 g fresh spinach 

1 ts salt for cooking spinach 

1 tbs salad oil or olive oil 

300 g minced meat 

1 onion, finely chopped 

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 

3-4 tbs curry powder 

1 red chilli, cut into small pieces 20 cl water 

1 ts salt for seasoning 

4 tbs ketchup 

2 tbs Tonkatsu sauce or 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce 

4 servings rice or naan 

4 boiled eggs (optional) 

Wash the spinach and drain the water. Boil plenty of hot water and add 1 ts salt. Put spinach in boiling water, submerge the spinach and boil for about 1 m. Immediately soak in cold water after boiling. When it cools, transfer it to a cutting board and cut it into 1 cm width. Then squeeze the spinach to drain excess water and set aside. (if you don’t cook curry immediately, keep it in the fridge until required). 

Heat 1 tbs of oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add chopped onions and garlic and fry. When they become soft, add minced meat and fry. When the color of the meat changes, lots of fluid and fat will come out. Absorb it with kitchen paper. Add curry powder and red chili and fry until the curry aroma comes out. Pour 20 cl of water and add salt, ketchup, tonkatsu (or Worcestershire) sauce. After boiling, cover and simmer over low heat for about 15 m. Take the lid off and cook for 5 m. 

Add spinach* to the curry and mix gently, and cook for 5 m. Serve with rice or naan. 

*Before adding spinach, if the curry is too watery, cook for an additional 5 m to reduce excess water. *About seasoning: at first, add less than the amount stated in the recipe, check the taste, and then add if it is not enough. 

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Okonomiyaki sauce

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4 tbs ketchup
1½ Worcestershire sauce
¼ ts mustard
1 tbs rice cooking wine or sake
1 ts soy sauce
1 tbs honey (use 2 if you like a sweeter sauce)
⅛ ts ground ginger

Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and let simmer for 3 to 5 m, until smooth and thick.
Serve with okonomiyaki.

Maze kare (Japanese dry meat curry)

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250 g ground pork or beef
2.5 cm ginger root, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
2 small green bell pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped
1 tbs vegetable oil
1 tbs butter
1-2 tbs curry powder
3 tbs ketchup
1 ts Worcester sauce
30 l chicken broth
700 g steamed sushi rice

Heat oil in a large skillet. Fry ginger, garlic, and onion until transparent on medium heat.
Add meat and fry until color changes.
Add carrot and green bell pepper in the skillet.
Sprinkle curry powder over the ingredients and stir-fry until well mixed.
Pour chicken broth in the skillet and add ketchup and Wrocester sauce.
Simmer on low heat until the liquid is almost gone. Add butter and stir well.
Adjust the flavor with salt and pepper.
Serve dry curry over steamed rice.

This curry contains less liquid than basic Japanese curry and is called dry curry in Japan. It's similar to Keema curry. Dry curry is often served on steamed rice.
Curry (karē) is one of the most popular dishes in Japan. It is commonly served in three main forms: curry rice (karē raisu), karē udon (thick noodles) and karē-pan (bread). Curry rice is most commonly referred to simply as 'curry' (karē).
A wide variety of vegetables and meats are used to make Japanese curry. The basic vegetables are onions, carrots, and potatoes. For the meat, beef, pork, chicken and sometimes duck are the most popular, in order of decreasing popularity. Katsu-karē is a breaded deep-fried pork cutlet with curry sauce.
Curry was introduced to Japan during the Meiji era (1869–1913) by the British, at a time when India was under the administration of the British. The dish became popular and available for purchase in supermarkets and restaurants in the late 1960s. It has been adapted since its introduction to Japan, and is so widely consumed that it can be called a national dish.
It was originally considered to be Western cuisine. This Western-style curry currently co-exists alongside Indian-style curry, which has become popular since the increase in Indian restaurants in the 1990s. A third style that combines these two, original curry (orijinaru karē?), is also available. Western-style curry draws its influence from stews mixed with curry powder, which were popular amongst the British Navy.
In the Kansai region, beef curry is most common, while in the Kantō region pork curry is most popular. This contrasts with South Asian curries where, due to the strong influence of Hinduism and Islam, vegetarian, chicken and lamb curries are most common.

Belgian homemade cocktail sauce

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5 tbs mayonnaise
3 tbs tomato ketchup
1 tbs whisky

Mix ingredients.

Serve with prawns.

Cocktail sauce was named after the prawns cocktail it was meant to accompany. In the USA, cocktail sauce is basically ketchup with prepared horseradish, augmented with hot sauce like Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice. It is also served with fresh oysters. This mayonnaise and ketchup mix mix can be found in France and UK influenced countries. Belgium is the only country where whisky is added to cocktail sauce.
Try it as a quick sauce for a classic prawns cocktail.