Katsu curry.

[Workingman]

Japanese food seems to be flavour of the month of late, but it is wildly expensive, so here goes...

The sauce.
1 tbsp oil
2 med onions or one large - chopped
2 large carrots finely chopped
2 crushed garlic cloves
thumb-sized piece ginger grated or chopped
1 tbsp generic curry powder / paste - not too hot
½ tsp ground turmeric
400ml can coconut milk
2 tsp maple syrup, honey or brown sugar
Splash of light soy sauce
Cornflour and water paste as a thickener if needed

Heat the oil and gently fry the onions, carrots, garlic and ginger till softened. Add the curry powder and turmeric for another 30 seconds then add the coconut milk, soy and sweetener of choice and bring to a simmer for a minute then take off the heat. Blitz with a hand blender or in a processor to make a sauce - if needed add the cornflour paste to thicken and cook out.

Add the sauce to a plain stir fry at the end of cooking (chicken, prawn, beef or whatever) then serve with rice or noodles.

I have also found a Teriyaki sauce / dip recipe that works roughly the same way. It is just the job on spare ribs. I'll post later.