Japanese Comfort Food: Katsu Curry

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Japanese Comfort Food: Katsu Curry

Everything starts from scratch for this icon of Japanese home cooking.

October 2026 3:00 PM 6:00 PM

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Japanese Comfort Food: Katsu Curry

Everything starts from scratch for this icon of Japanese home cooking.

Pricing

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$ 145.00
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$ 125.00

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Learn to make nama (fresh) panko to give your katsu cutlets a light and fluffy crunch. You’ll create your own curry powder and roux blocks for the tastiest, healthiest “instant” curry. Fall harvests will give us the vegetables for a batch of sweet and tangy fukujinzuke pickles, the traditional finishing touch for katsu curry. Take home your extra panko and curry blocks for the freezer.

On the menu

Homemade panko.
Japanese curry powder and freezer curry blocks.
Kare raisu: Japanese curry served with rice.
Katsu: deep-fried panko cutlets of pork (or chicken).
Fukujinzuke (“lucky gods” pickle) with daikon, eggplant, lotus root, and cucumber.

Details

BARN’s kitchen facility regularly uses ingredients on the FDA’s major allergens list. This class uses eggs, wheat, soybeans, and sesame.
Do not bring water bottles. Water will be provided.

Materials

A $25 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers all the ingredients you'll need.

Class Policies

You must wear closed-toe shoes and tie back long hair.
Ages 14 and up are welcome.

Instructor

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz

Tracy is passionate about sharing the traditional Japanese cooking she learned as a fourth-generation Nikkei in Hawaii. She regularly teaches Washoku cooking classes on Bainbridge Island and in Seattle at The Pantry. She is a recipe developer for Providence Heart Institute, and became interested in teaching when she ran a test kitchen that prepared international chefs for online cooking classes with American home cooks. She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Harvard’s CHEF culinary coaching program. Website: IngredientsCount.com Instagram: @ingredientscount