Black Butler X (Malleus) Reader

Chapter 15

Well, it was an obvious who would win the poll. Malleus won lol. So, he shall appear soon.
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-3rd POV-

Sebastian was in the kitchen, chopping away, before the door to the kitchen opened.

"Nnhuh? Sebastian, yer up awfully early." Bard said, yawning.

"Good morning, it is!" Mey-Rin smiled.

"Good morniiin'!" Finny said.

"What the heck you makin' at this hour?" The cook questioned, walking up.

"That would be curry." The butler said.

"Huh, ain't that a rare sight. What kinda curry?"

"With prince Soma still in residence and all, I think perhaps chicken curry might be best." He looked through a book he had, "Though I have not made it often in the past, since the young master is not fond of spicy foods..." He set the book down and clapped his hands together, "Now then."

Chop the onions finely and sauté them in butter. Once the onions are cooked, add diced chicken, curry paste, curry powder, Bengali chutney, and lime and mango pickle to the sauté. Pour water over the sautéed chicken and let cook for one and half hours. Once the water has all but boiled away, add a dollop of cream and serve.

"Waah!"

"Looks yummy!"

British-style Bengali chicken curry

"Smells delish tooo!" Finny drooled.

Bard wrapped an arm around Sebastian's shoulders with a grin, "With a curry like this, that Agni feller doesn't stand a chance!"

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"Yuck!" Soma exclaimed, while the others were confused, minus (Y/n).

"Was it not to your taste?" Sebastian questioned, raising a brow.

"Gyah!" He flinched, "I-It's not that...It's just very different from the curry that I always eat in India, so, well..."

Incoherent

"What the prince is trying to say is that, it's very different. The aroma isn't there. The flavor is weak. The texture is quite rough on the tongue." The fae said, remembering Jamil's curry whenever Kalim would offer some to her.

He nodded, pointing at her.

"How odd. Even after I used the best curry powder available...Hmm." Sebastian hummed.

"Curry powder? What is that?"

In the current era, curry, which Anglo-Indians brought back to their homeland upon their return, had taken firm root in British cuisine. But as the blending of spices was difficult for an amateur, the spices were ground and blended together, and sold as prepackaged curry powder. Yes, "curry" of the kind that employed curry powder was peculiar to the cuisine of Great Britain alone.

"I've never seen anything like that in India, and Agni didn't use it either. At least as far as I know..." Soma muttered that last part, "Yes, spices determine the color and heat of curry, but what is most important is their flavor. When they aren't freshly ground, their aroma evaporates. At my palace, I have Masalchi dedicated to that task alone."

"So in other words, using something like curry powder, in which the spices have been ground up prior to being packaged and sold, is out of the question." The butler stated.