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Making Curry At My Home
I returned to Koryatt village after Teleporting from Lazerica and came to My Home.
The strong smell of cooking curry can be a bother in various ways and it easily invites others to inquire about the origin of the ingredients. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I turned on the magic lamp and the dimly lit room became bright.
And along with that, the messy room became apparent.
「……it’s a mess as always」
The first floor of My Home has a wide living room, kitchen, and bathroom.
The person who mainly uses My Home is Roomba. The kitchen is quite clean since it wasn’t used much, but the living room is littered with not only the clothes and shoes he took off and left lying around, there are even adventurer's tools scattered around.
「Oーi, Roomba? You here?」
Going upstairs, I knocked on the door of Roomba’s room.
However, there is no reply. I tried to search for any signs of life inside the room but there were no signs of it.
Apparently, he is away from My Home.
「I wonder if I should clean the place first before cooking」
I unconsciously mutter as I return to the first floor and look at the surrounding mess.
Although the kitchen part is clean, the living room is so cluttered that I will also be unable to concentrate.
For now, I’ll ventilate the room since the air is murky. But if I opened all the windows I would end up dead by freezing so I only open one window.
I quickly finished ventilating and pushing the air inside the room using Wind magic.
「This is winter ventilation technique」
If it were to be ventilated normally then you have to open the window for at least ten minutes.
With this method, even the difficult ventilation in winter can be done in an instant.
Incidentally, it seems like I was also able to get rid of the dust and sand outside.
Once the air had become fresh, I lit up the fireplace with Fire magic, made a fireball, and floated it there while I was at it.
This will immediately warm up the room. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Next, I use Psychic to put Roomba’s messy clothes into the laundry basket.
Items like leather armor, holsters, and weapons need special care, but that’s too much for me so I just tidied them up neatly enough to avoid looking unsightly.
「Yosh, now I can cook」
Once the room had more or less become clean and tidy, I finally got to make curry.
All the ingredients to make curry are in the subspace so I just take them all out.
I had only ever made curry with Japanese curry sauce in my previous life so my knowledge of curry with spices was only superficial.
There was a coworker in my workplace who was really into curry made with spices, but I wasn’t really interested in it at the time so I mostly didn’t pay attention to him. I should have listened to him more seriously.
But there’s no point in regretting it. There’s no choice but to manage somehow with a vague knowledge of it.
Oh well, I would probably be able to make a curry-like dish if I just followed the steps. And even if I fail, I have plenty of ingredients and spices so it’s a challenge for me.
For now, I’m going to make a simple chicken curry.
Heat up salad oil in the frying pan, add finely chopped garlic, ginger, and onion, and then stir fry it.
Once the moisture in the garlic and ginger evaporates and the onion turns golden brown, I add Bartolo’s homemade tomato sauce.
I continue to stir-fry them while making them into a paste with a spatula.
It smells nice but so far it’s just the tomato sauce.
However, adding spices should change the smell.
According to the recipe I heard from my coworker before, I should add the spices at this timing.
However, I suddenly realize it.
「……how much should I put in the spices then?」
I don’t know how much cumin, turmeric, and coriander I should add.
I won’t get any answer if I am just wracking my head about it.
I had decided to make it based on the vague knowledge I have so there is no point even if I were to be worried about it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Let’s add one teaspoon at a time for now」
Maybe there’s a golden ratio like in other dishes but I don’t know about that.
For now, I add a small, equal amount of the three. It can’t be helped if it turns out to be too strong but if it’s too light then I just have to add more.
「Ooh! It smells like a curry!」
As I stir-fry and mix the spices while thinking such a thing, a curry smell came out.
It’s also a spicy smell I’ve often smelled at the Indian restaurant.
It’s really different from the strongly sweet curry made with the commercially available roux from the market.
I had thought that it would be troublesome to go out of my way to make curry, but I realized that it was completely wrong after smelling such a rich aroma.
「It really looked like the part now, didn’t it?」
I tried mixing the spices while relying on the vague memory that I had, but I didn’t think it would turn out really like a curry. Even I’m a little surprised myself.
Having not smelled it for years, I was deeply moved by the smell of curry after such a long time.
And when it started to look completely like curry, I added water.
Then I add the thick sliced chicken meat and simmer it slowly over medium heat.
As I simmered while making sure it didn’t get burnt, a stronger aroma started to waft out than earlier.
Not just in the kitchen, but the entirety of My Home seemed to be enveloped in the curry smell.
「Aah, this smell……I’m getting really hungry now」
Now that I think about it, it’s already past noon. I only drank the chai at Lajerica and didn’t eat anything for lunch.
Although I don’t feel like eating anything other than the curry here.
That somehow feels like conceding defeat. Coupled with the strong smell of curry wafting inside, I totally feel like eating curry now.
I thoroughly simmered the curry and after the chicken meat had cooked completely, I turned off the heat and it was done.
Normally, I should have cooked rice at the same time, but I take them out from the subspace for a quicker meal in my eagerness to eat the curry right in front of me.
After finding a perfect plate for the curry, I add some rice to the plate, and continue to pour the freshly made curry onto the plate. Just doing that alone was not enough so I finely chopped some parsley and added them on top of the rice. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Yosh, let’s eat it right now!」
I grabbed the plate and a spoon and immediately moved to the table.
After sitting down on the chair, I scooped the curry and rice with the spoon and put it into my mouth.
Then, the rich and fragrant flavor of curry - which is a mixture of 3 types of spices - spread out.
However, that’s it.
「…………eh?」
I wonder if my tongue has dulled due to being overwhelmed by emotions?
Tilting my head in puzzlement, this time I scoop only the curry to taste.
But, the result is the same as before as it was just a viscous stew with a curry-like flavor.
There’s not a fragment of deliciousness that surpasses the taste of curry from my memory of my past life.
「Huh? It’s not delicious!?」
Even I was surprised by the taste and I let out a hysterical voice.
「I wonder why? Did I make a mistake in the amount of spices? Or was there a process that I missed?」
I tried eating it again, but still, I didn’t understand the reason.
But, what’s in front of me right now can’t be called ‘curry’.
Although the aroma and the texture are the same, this one is just a stew with a spicy taste.
It’s not like I can’t eat it as I can enjoy the aroma of curry but it can’t be said to be delicious.
It would be much more delicious if I were to eat it by adding spices to the chicken.
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「Oi oi! Something smells super good, doesn’t it?」
As I was putting my spoon down and pondering about the result, My Home’s door opened.
The one who entered with a spirited voice is the only person residing in My Home, Roomba.
「Ooh! I knew it, it’s Al! No wonder I thought something smelled good!」
「Welcome back Roomba, I tried making a new dish so I’m using the kitchen for a bit」
Roomba wipes the snow covering his body at the entrance and then comes lumbering in.
「This time is a special! The smell hit my stomach hard and my stomach rumbled because of that!」
Roomba said as he entered and then flumped into the chair in front of me.
Even though he just got hungry, I wonder why he looks so proud about it, I don’t understand him.
「So, you’re going to let me eat it too, right?」
This old man said something obvious, yet I found it strange I couldn’t dislike him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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