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[rusty1983]

This may sound incredibly inept of me but can anyone advise on the best way to make Ottogi Curry Mix-powder into a decent Curry Sauce?

[Dev]

Ottogi curry. Yulk!
Have you ever tried Japanese curry? It's a lot more flavorful.

[lastat06513]

not to mention that if you cook Ottoggi curry wrong, you can get VERY sick

Everytime I ate curry, I always got sick for 2 days

[bobbyhanlon]

ottugi curry is beyond redemption.

i remember hearing a story about some indian guy in korea who was interviewed on the radio; the interviewer asked him what he thought of japanese/korean 카레라이스 and stuff like that, to which he replied, "i wouldn't feed it to my dog."
if you want to make curry, you could order some powder/mix from www.curryhut.co.kr. or, go to dongdaemun- there's a couple of nepalese restaurants there making food which is pretty much the same as the indian we're used to, for a good price. also there's one in jongno, between gwanghwamun yeok and jonggak yeok. ganga (the chain) is good but too expensive. don't go to chakraa in itaewon, i was so disappointed with that place. chakraa in nonhyeondong seemed ok, so i don't know what's going on with their itaewon branch.

[rothkowitz]

[pkang0202]

My simple Curry recipe:

Diced Onions
Chopped Carrots
Sliced Mushrooms
Potatoes cut a la Beef Stew style (big and square)
Some beef or chicken, or shrimp

First you dice some onions and you saute them. Saute them until they are soft. Put them in a bowl for later.

Boil a few cups of water and put in the carrots and potatoes. Let that boil for about 4 minutes then throw in the meat, mushrooms, and onions. Add enough water so that it looks like a stew. Boil that for about 5-10 minutes, making sure to skim off the "skum" that floats at the top. Lower the heat so that it is simmering. Then you start adding the curry powder. I usually add a few spoons of it at a time. Making sure to mix thoroughly to make sure the Curry is dissolved. Then I'll just keep adding spoonful after spoonful until I get the consistency I want. Some people like thin curry, others like thick. Its all up to your own personal preference.

There you go. You can throw other ingredients in there you want like baby carrots, etc... Make sure when you start adding the curry powder that you don't have the heat up too high. Curry will burn at the bottom of your pot.

[Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat]

Yup, ottogi curry sucks Chandala balls...

If you like instant curry (like the sweet Japanese curry-rice style) go with Golden Curry.

ps- the ottogi jjajang sauce is even worse...

[Dev]

[mrsquirrel]

I like it.

Great curry.

I might be the only one though.

If i had an oven I could make curry pie

[spliff]

It's not so bad but i suggest adding a heaping tablespoon of black pepper, though. My last job I lived in Cheong-Ju and had some 3-d workers from Sri Lanka as neighbors. Man, they made some seriously spicy curries...the amount of spices they used it was no wonder they bought them in 5 kilo bags...

Good stuff but always had me running to the crapper at some point during the meal.

[Metsuke]

If you get yourself to an Indian grocer you can get all the stuff you need for a good curry. Most of them even have curry powders that you can use if you want... but make sure you check out the ingredients. Some of them have chilli as the primary ingredient which makes a pretty spicy curry... also some have salt in there as a top 3 ingredient... I avoid those as well. I recently found a cool curry powder that said it was roasted and the breakdown in ingredients seemed pretty right on.

You can also make a pretty basic, yet still tasty curry with just cumin seeds, and coriander seeds, some ginger, garlic and some chillie.

Anyways... curry is a really fun thing to make... but I would stay away from those Korean or Japanese products. Start off with some curry powder and a can of coconut milk. Its a pretty forgiving curry to make!

Good luck.

[merkurix]

I never had curry before coming to Korea, and the Ottogi variety was the first. I thought it was quite tasty. But it wasn't until just a couple of years ago I tried authentic Indian cuisine, and wow!!! IMHO it was the culinary equivalent of someone giving you a Hyundai Tiburon for your 26th birthday and then having somebody else give you a BMW Z3 Roadster for your 27th birthday. Nobody minds getting a nice new car, but it's much better to get an even better quality one later. I guess it's the same with curry.

[Trumpcard]

S and B (or son of a bitch curry as I like to call it) Japanese golden curry is the greatest! You simply put a cube or 3 of it into boiling water and throw in whatever you like, let it cook away for at least 5 mins and it is awesome. And in Japan costs 100 yen a packet at the 99 Grocery Shops.....

[Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat]

[yingwenlaoshi]

My next-door neighbors when growing up were from Guyana. Haven't had a better curry yet.

A previous poster said they liked to boil the carrots and whatever. I try to avoid boiling. Takes the nutrients out of food.

Rice cookers work really well for many things although I guess your food would be somewhat boiled more than it would be steamed. Mashed potatoes are good in the rice cooker. Had sweet potatoes the other night. Next time I'll mix some curry in.

Ottogi is pretty bland. I guess pepper would make it spicier, but you don't want to kill your food.