Stews curry flavor with local style

By Betty Shimabukuro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 30, 2012

~~<p>Richard Deveas is a man of few words: "Request beef curry stew (local style). Mahalo." It's clear what he means, even in a world of countless curry options. Local style means the plate lunch version with your basic carrot-and-potato add-ins and your basic supermarket curry powder. More Japanese in style than Thai or Indian, meaning no coconut milk and no complex spice mixes.</p>
<p>So, for a man of few words, a recipe of little complexity. Simple, comforting, hearty. It originated with my cookbook partner, Muriel Miura, and comes from the cookbook we wrote together, "What Hawaii Likes to Eat" (Mutual Publishing, 2007).</p>
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Richard Deveas is a man of few words: "Request beef curry stew (local style). Mahalo." It's clear what he means, even in a world of countless curry options. Local style means the plate lunch version with your basic carrot-and-potato add-ins and your basic supermarket curry powder. More Japanese in style than Thai or Indian, meaning no coconut milk and no complex spice mixes.

So, for a man of few words, a recipe of little complexity. Simple, comforting, hearty. It originated with my cookbook partner, Muriel Miura, and comes from the cookbook we wrote together, "What Hawaii Likes to Eat" (Mutual Publishing, 2007). Login for more...