Japanese Curry Bread Box

Just before I get to occupied with assignments and forget how I made this, I thought it would be a good idea to publish this one. Unfortunately I do not have much time to do much explanation, so I will just get to the point with the recipe, hopefully everyone is fine with it, and another thing, this is going to be the first of a series of recipes without much write-ups, I only have time to get them published with a little spare time off my assignments, ARCHITORTURE... =(

Ingredients
1 loaf of fresh Cumin herbed bread load (or any bread), 8 pc chicken drumstick, 100-150g prepacked Japanese curry mix (use more if desired), 1 red Spanish onion (diced), 5 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp butter, 2 tomatoes (1 diced, another sliced into 8 pieces), 4 pieces large potato (skinned and coarsely chopped), water, 1 tbsp oil, 3 tbsp turmeric powder, 2 tbsp light soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste, coriander for garnishing.

Method
1. Wash the chicken drumsticks thoroughly, lightly score with a sharp knife, rub in with oil, light soy sauce, turmeric powder, salt and pepper, leave aside to marinate for 10-15 minutes.

2. Preheat grill or oven to the hottest temperature, roast the marinated drumsticks for about 20-30 minutes, turning them in between to make sure they are thoroughly roasted.

3. Meanwhile, heat a large pot, melt butter, throw in garlic and diced onion, saute until slightly brown by adding salt and sugar in between. Add in diced tomato and saute for another 3-5 minutes.

4. Add in Japanese curry mix, saute until fragrant and add water to cover half the pot, add salt and pepper, bring to boil, add in chopped potatoes and turn to low-medium heat, simmer with lid covered for about 35-45 minutes (the longer the better).

5. Remove drumsticks from oven or grill, leave aside to cool for about 5 minutes, pour everything in the roasting/ grilling pan into the pot of curry, leave it to simmer for another 10-15 minutes, season with salt, pepper and sugar (Japanese curry should be sweet) to taste. Throw in the remaining tomatoes now as well.

6. While waiting for the curry to be ready, carve a rectilinear hole out of the bread loaf, pack the carved-outs into the bottom of the bread so it doesn't melt away easily later when the curry is poured inside. Used the extras to thicken up the curry (the potatoes should already have done this job anyway).

7. Done, pour the curry and ingredients into the bread box and enjoy peeling the bread off to match the curry's gravy!

Tags: poultry, cumin seed, bread, Japanese, curry, potato, tomato, sweet, chicken