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Do play with your food: “Dam curry rice” looks dam tasty to us!

Recently, we shared five tips for extra-yummy curry rice with our dear readers, because we believe that everyone should be able to enjoy the very best of this mildly spicy, sweet and hearty Japanese comfort food the right way. But one thing we forgot to mention is that presentation is an important part of the curry experience. You can’t just slop spoonfuls of the yummy brown stuff all over the rice and expect it to look appetising.
Luckily, we’ve now stumbled upon a new serving method that’s gaining popularity in Japan: “Dam curry”!
“Dam” curry rice, as you might expect, simply involves holding back the pools of delicious brown curry sauce using shored-up piles of rice, to prevent a curry overflow. Some will leak through, and that’s fine (think of it as generating lovely, delicious energy through it), but just enough to add to your rice a bit at a time rather than drowning it.
Diners in Japan have been singing dam curry’s praises online:
▼ It looks so easy! Dam easy, in fact!
https://twitter.com/tsuna_wo/status/582129982161350656
▼ Keep your salad and sides separate with a handy dam made of rice! It’s ingenious!
これが!黒部ダムカレーだ pic.twitter.com/x4qPy0bInf
— ヤソメユウヤ (@yasome) March 12, 2015
▼ There’s nothing worse than soggy lettuce. Protect the leaves at all costs!
の前に黒部ダムカレー pic.twitter.com/cWuHfTxJ9Z
— achi (@xxxa101) March 21, 2015
本日のダムカレー
みなかみダムカレー(道の駅水紀行館) pic.twitter.com/JymqJHdtSG— なます (@dam_namasu) March 26, 2015
なんだこの盛り方って思ったらダムらしい・・・(みなかみダムカレー) pic.twitter.com/Kyn9jsasYV
— 神楽 (@kagurayam) March 23, 2015
▼ The “dam” curry method can also be used to ensure you don’t have to put in too much effort when it comes to getting a perfect spoonful of curry and rice.
最近のダムカレーで優れているなと思うものは、「よことくダムカレー」。横山ダムと徳山ダムを一つの皿に収めたもの。 http://t.co/Jq0xwCVVdR
— 宮島 咲@ダムマニア (@dammania) March 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/ganmosan/status/581649293313847297
▼ That is some impressive tofu engineering work.
画像整頓してたら、昔作ったダムカレー画像が出てきた。
今ならもう少し上手く作れるな。…美味くじゃないよw pic.twitter.com/BO2GWg3TUH— おでこし(金谷)Berryzデスロード (@38beem) March 29, 2015
Why not experiment with form and get a little creative next time you’re cooking up a batch of curry? We reckon the “dam” curry method would also be the perfect way to keep your titans safe from a curry attack…
Source: Naver Matome
Main Image: Twitter @38beem
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