House Java Curry Hot 185g — the hot grade of House Foods' Java Curry, a robust, spice-forward Japanese curry roux with caramelised onion, roasted garlic, miso and the aroma of cardamom. One 185g box makes about 9 servings. About House Foods House Foods traces its origins to Urakami Shoten, a business founded in 1913 in Osaka, Japan. It launched Java Curry — a more grown-up, spice-forward curry roux — in 1968, alongside its flagship Vermont Curry. House Foods America Corporation makes and distributes these boxes for the North American market. What is Japanese curry roux Japanese curry roux is a solid block of seasoned curry base — fat, flour, curry spices and savoury seasonings pressed into cubes. You simmer meat and vegetables, then dissolve the cubes in to make a thick, glossy Japanese curry sauce. How to use & enjoy Curry roux is a cooking ingredient rather than a ready-to-eat sauce: the solid block is melted into a simmering pot of meat, vegetables and stock, where it thickens the liquid into a rich Japanese-style curry sauce. The finished sauce is classically ladled over steamed white rice as karē raisu — one of Japan's most common everyday home-cooked meals. The same roux is behind several Japanese favourites: katsu curry, with a crumbed, deep-fried pork or chicken cutlet on curry rice; curry udon, thick udon noodles in a curry-flavoured broth; and kare pan, the panko-crumbed, deep-fried curry bun sold in bakeries and convenience stores. Curry rice is traditionally served with a side of tangy Japanese pickles — most iconically fukujinzuke, a sweet-and-sour red relish — to cut through the richness of the sauce. Ingredients Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Soy Lecithin), Wheat Flour, Salt, Corn Starch, Curry Powder (Spices, Coriander Seed, Dried Tangerine Peel), Monosodium Glutamate, Caramel Color, Spices, Sauteed Curry Paste (Curry Powder [Spices, Coriander Seed, Dried Tangerine Peel], Palm Oil), Garlic Powder (Dried Garlic, Defatted Soybean, Glucose, Maltose), Sauteed Onion Paste (Onion Powder [Onion Flake, Defatted Soybean], Palm Oil), Yeast Extract, Defatted Soybean, Soy Lecithin, Roasted Onion Powder (Onion Flake, Dextrin, Natural Flavor), Sesame Paste, Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters, Glycerin Fatty Acid Esters, Citric Acid, Onion Powder (Onion Flake, Soybean Powder, Maltose), Sugar, Malic Acid, Roasted Garlic Powder (Garlic Flake, Dextrin, Natural Flavor), Onion Seasoning (Onion Extract, Soy Sauce [Soybeans, Wheat, Salt], Dextrin, Yeast Extract, Corn Starch, Garlic Extract, Salt, Natural Flavor), Fermented Wheat Seasoning (Wheat, Yeast Extract, Dextrin), Garlic Extract (Garlic, Sweet Potato Syrup, Salt), Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Glucose, Lactic Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sucralose. Allergens Contains soybeans, wheat, milk and sesame. The manufacturer's US "Contains" statement lists soybeans, wheat and milk; sesame paste appears in the ingredient list, so we declare sesame as well. Refer to the package for the most current allergen declaration. Nutrition (per 21 g serving; about 9 servings per 185 g box) Calories 110 · Total Fat 8 g (11% DV) · Saturated Fat 4.5 g (23% DV) · Sodium 1030 mg (45% DV) · Total Carbohydrate 7 g (3% DV) · Dietary Fiber