Recipe of the day: Katsudon (and first post!)

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog: 'Living with Carlos'. Most of you reading this blog will know Carlos as an integral part of your university experience. Whether as your frosh leader, sports commissioner or mentor, you would have met him in some way. Now that he has graduated, I see the blog as a good way to share some funny stories about Carlos as he tackles the real world. This blog will also contain recipes for things I cook (and Carlos eats) and philosophical questions that pop into my head. Enjoy!

Katsudon - Serves 1
Katsudon is a Japanese dish of deep fried pork cutlet on a bed of rice with onions, eggs and a sweet sake based sauce. Apart from deep frying the pork cutlet the dish is very fast and easy to make.

Ingredients - Pork Cutlet

• 1 medium pork loin
• White flour
• 2 eggs
• Fresh bread crumbs
• Salt and pepper

Ingredients - Sauce

• 50ml water
• 1tbsp soy sauce
• 1tbsp sake
• 1tsp sugar
• 1/4 onion

Ingredients - Other

• Fresh steamed rice
• 1 Spring onion

1. Preheat some vegetable oil in a small pot (enough oil so the pork loin can be submerged), also go make some rice with your rice cooker!
2. Make small diagonal cuts on the pork loin and sprinkle with salt and pepper on one side
3. Place the pork loin into the flour and coat it well 
4. Crack one egg into a small dish and add 1tbsp of water, stir the mixture well and coat the pork loin with the mixture
5. Place the pork loin into the bread crumbs and coat well
6. Test if the oil is hot by adding a pinch of flour. If it sizzles, place pork loin into the oil, fry until golden brown or 5 min
7. Remove pork loin and drain on a paper towel, cut in to vertical strips and set aside
8. Place all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and mix well, add to sauce pan
9. Chop onion up into slices and add to sauce pan, bring sauce pan up to a boil (high heat)
10. Add sliced pork loin to pan, cover and simmer at low heat for 3 min
11. Crack 1 egg into the sauce pan and spread evenly, cook at high heat for 30 seconds
12. Spoon some freshly steamed rice in to a bowl and pour contents of sauce pan on top
13. Add spring onions as garnish

I used parsley as garnish but it's okay!