Chapter 112 Curry Beef Brisket Omelette Rice and Curry King Prawns
Everyone who dined at Andre's house tonight received a bowl of curry beef brisket omelet rice.
The rice, which is stir-fried twice with the previously stewed curry beef brisket, potatoes, onions, and carrots, has a dry, fragrant aroma. The rice also has a richer and more varied texture because it absorbs the curry broth better after being stir-fried once.
The rice wrapped in egg skin on the top is not soaked in the curry sauce, and it is completely filled with the aroma of fried curry. It tastes like a very strong curry fried rice. One spoonful contains meat, eggs, vegetables and rice. Every bite is a luxurious satisfaction.
The rice on the bottom layer absorbs the curry soup, making it softer. When you put a spoonful of rice with juice and egg skin into your mouth, you can taste the smooth milky aroma and the subtle sweet aroma of apples. Occasionally, you can also scoop out one or two pieces of soft and crispy apples. When you chew them in your mouth, sweet juice will burst out, relieving the greasiness and enhancing the flavor.
Apples are a natural source of sweetness and perfectly neutralize the flavors of various spices. Jiangyou learned this trick from a Japanese drama she watched. At first, she thought it was a dark dish, but after trying it once, she was amazed and later remembered this method firmly.
In addition to this filling main course, there is also a dish of curry king prawns.
The prawns, also ordered by Annina through her connections, arrived still alive and kicking, each one the size of a palm. Cooked in Thai yellow curry, fragrant with coconut milk, they were incredibly delicious—fresh, sweet, and lightly spicy. The complex blend of spices created a smooth, slightly pungent flavor, the aroma alone making one salivate. As soon as the prawns arrived, forks and chopsticks scrambled to grab them, and in an instant, the large plate of prawns was gone by a third.
Heidi took a big bite of the yellow curry-covered prawns. The delicious taste instantly washed over her mind and nearly shut her down. Anorexia, weight loss, rapid weight loss, and muscle mass all vanished in the face of delicious food. Only one word remained in her mind: "Eat!"
"The Royal Capital curry trend has been all the rage for a while now, but this is the best curry I've ever had!" Annina exclaimed. "I didn't even know curry had so many different flavors!"
The curry craze in the capital was sparked a few months ago by a group of sea merchants from Southeast Asia. Initially, these merchants simply wanted to sell unsold spices, so they simply set up large pots next to their stalls and shops and cooked up the dishes they often made back home.
After all, the people of Huntington had no desire to research food. They bought spices mostly for making perfumes and incense, so the spices they selected were also biased - those with too spicy fragrance were not accepted, and those with too pungent and strong fragrance were not accepted either... Of the hundreds of spices that the merchants brought with them, two-thirds of them were rejected by the nobles and could not be sold at all.
The merchants were also very depressed. They used these spices to cook curry at home, so why did these foreigners only choose a few to make sachets and perfumes, and would rather use them for bathing than cooking?
Admittedly, their thinking is somewhat similar to Jiangyou's: since the people of Huntington don't know how to cook, they simply cook their hometown dishes for the locals! Not only do they cook directly, they also teach the recipes and sell them directly with curry sauce packets... As long as the people of Huntington like the taste of curry, they won't have to worry about not being able to sell their spices!
In fact, this is exactly the case. In the Principality of Huntington, a country with a lack of dietary options, curry, a dish with a rich aroma, complex and varied flavors, a versatility with various ingredients, and spicy and appetizing, can easily attract people's attention.
Chicken, beef, seafood... whatever ingredients you have on hand, toss them into curry for a flavorful, delicious dish. Because curry has such a strong flavor, even the slightest fishy smell from meat or seafood is completely eliminated. Pair it with bread, wraps, or rice—any bland staple will soften the overpowering flavor and significantly enhance the texture and taste.
In addition, in order to sell unsold spices, these merchants did not sell the curry spice bags at a high price at the beginning - the quantity was certainly not large, but this ground and fried spice powder could be added to broth and milk and cooked into a large pot. The spiciness was lighter, which was more suitable for the light taste of the people in Huntington.
"...So, curry first became popular among ordinary people, then gradually spread to the nobles, and now it is popular throughout the city... The only problem is that those merchants all come from the same place, and the curry they make tastes similar. After eating it a few times, it becomes a bit boring." Annina said.
For Jiang You, this wasn't a problem at all. Coming from a globalized era, she knew recipes from every country by heart. Even if she couldn't create authentic local flavors, she could certainly create localized flavors adapted by Chinese people. As long as she had enough ingredients, it wouldn't be a problem!
And just as Andrei and the others had said, you could find anything you wanted in the capital. Takumi spent an entire afternoon wandering around the market, buying freshly made coconut milk, crystal-clear rice, and recently slaughtered beef. Aside from seafood, which required connections, everything else could be easily purchased with just money—of course, the rarer the item, the more expensive it was.
The most expensive ingredient for tonight's meal is probably the freshly squeezed coconut milk from coconuts that were shipped from thousands of miles away, followed by the lively prawns, and then the rice and sugar.
Huntington cannot produce these ingredients locally. Therefore, the price of a particular item depends entirely on transportation capacity, road losses, and local demand. If demand is high and shipping volume is large, losses can be reduced, lowering transportation costs. Otherwise, two extremes can occur: either the merchant grits his teeth and sells everything at a low price, taking as many customers as possible and recovering as much cost as possible, ultimately abandoning the business; or, if he encounters a wealthy and eager customer, he will impose all the losses on him.
The prices of white sugar and magic rice remain high because a small number of customers share a small amount of goods and bear a large amount of loss costs.
"It's so delicious!" Heidi stuffed her mouth full. "Can I sell this curry in my restaurant?"
"Of course," Jiang You pushed the soul-fire dish she had eaten to Andrei, smiling, "Since everyone is here, we can discuss cooperation."
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