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white of an egg well beaten up; form into balls of equal sizes;
flatten them, pass them on iron or plated skewers about eighteen
inches long, rub them well over with ghee, wrap them in plantain-leaf,
and roast or broil them over a charcoal fire. Serve them up hot,
removed from the skewers. These are usually eaten with chappatee.
HUSSANEE CURRIES, OR CURRIES ON STICK
The ingredients and condiments necessary for the curries on stick are
as follow:—One chittack and a half of ghee, one teaspoonful and a
half of salt, four teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of
turmeric, half a teaspoonful of ginger, half a cupful of water, a
quarter of a teaspoonful of ground garlic, one teaspoonful of chilies,
half a cupful of tyre or dhye, some finely-sliced ginger, and as many
small curry onions cut into half as may be required. Six silver pins
five inches long, or, in the absence of these, six bamboo pins, are
required.
47.—Hussanee Beef Curry
Cut up two pounds of beef into small squares not exceeding one inch,
and pass them on the silver or bamboo pins alternately with half an
onion and a slice of ginger. Half a dozen sticks with be ample for
four hearty consumers.
Warm the ghee and brown the ground condiments; then put in the sticks
of meat, and brown, stirring the whole; after this add the tyre and a
little water, and allow to simmer over a slow fire for nearly two
hours, when the curry will be ready. Serve up on a curry-dish without
removing the sticks.
48.—Hussanee Mutton Curry
Remove the meat from a shoulder of mutton, and cut it into small
squares; the same instructions will apply to the preparation of mutton
curry on stick as those given for beef curry on stick. Time to simmer:
half an hour.
49.—Hussanee Veal Curry
Cut squares enough from a shoulder of veal, and observe the
instructions given in the foregoing recipe. Time to simmer: one hour.
50.—Hussanee Curry of Udder and Liver
The udder and liver should be parboiled before being cut up for
passing on the sticks; but in all other respects the instructions
given for the beaf and mutton curries on stick will apply to the udder
and liver curry on stick. Time to simmer: fully one hour and a half.
KURMA OR QUOREMA CURRYThis, without exception, is one of the richest of Hindoostanee
curries, but it is quite unsuited to European taste, if made,
according to the original recipe, of which the following is a copy:—
51.—Quorema Curry, Plain
Take two pounds of mutton, one pound of tyre or dhye, two chittacks of
garlic, one dam of cardamoms, four chittacks of bruised almonds, four
mashas of saffron, the juice of five lemons, one pound of ghee, four
chittacks of sliced onions, one dam of cloves, one chittack of pepper,
four chittacks of cream, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground
garlic.
The following is the recipe of the quorema curry usually put on a
gentleman’s table:—Two chittacks and a half or five ounces of ghee,
one cup or eight ounces of good thick tyre, one teaspoonful of ground
chilies, four teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of
coriander-seed, six small sticks of ground cinnamon, two or three
blades of lemon-grass, one teaspoonful and a half of salt, a half
teaspoonful of ground ginger, a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground
garlic, eight or ten peppercorns, four or five ground cloves, five or
six ground cardamoms, two or three bay-leaves, a quarter of a cup of
water, the juice of one lemon, and twelve large onions cut lengthways
into fine slices.
Take two pounds of good fat mutton, and cut it up into pieces nearly
one inch and a half square. Warm the ghee, fry in it the sliced
onions, and set aside; then fry all the ground condiments, including
the ground hot spices. When quite brown, throw in the mutton and salt,
and allow the whole to brown, after which add the tyre, the hot spices
with peppercorns and bay-leaves, the lemon-grass, the water, and the
fried onions finely chopped; close the pot, and allow it to simmer
over a gentle coal fire for about an hour and a half or two hours, by
which time the kurma will be quite ready. The blades of lemon-grass
are never dished up.
52.—Kid Quorema
Cut up a fore-quarter or a hind-quarter of a kid into eight or ten
pieces, and cook it exactly as directed in the foregoing recipe. This
is rather preferred to mutton quorema.
53.—Fowl Quorema
Take a young full-ground tender fowl; cut it up as for an ordinary
curry, cook it with all the condiments in the proportions given, and
observe all the directions laid down in recipe No. 51.
N.B.—Most Europeans give the preference to the fowl quorema.
MALAY CURRIESThe condiments and other ingredients necessary are as follow:—One
chittack or two ounces of ghee, one teaspoonful and a half of salt,
four teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of ground
turmeric, one teaspoonful of ground chilies, half a teaspoonful of
ground ginger, a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground garlic, the milk
of a large cocoanut, say two cups, two blades of lemon-grass, three or
four cloves, ground, three or four cardamoms, and as many small sticks
of cinnamon, ground.
The coriander and cumin seeds must on no account be put into malay
curries, or the delicate flavour of the cocoanut will be destroyed.
It will be necessary to provide what the natives call a
narial-ka-khoornee, which, interpreted, means “cocoanut scraper.” It
is a small circular flat piece of iron, about the size and thickness
of a Spanish dollar, the edges being notched. It is of rude
construction, and fixed on a conveniently shaped wooden frame, also of
rude construction. The best of the kind may be procured for two annas.
54.—Cocoanut Milk
The nut is scraped or rasped with the aid of the “khoornee” into very
fine particles; it is then put into a deep vessel, and boiling water
poured over it until the whole of the scraped cocoanut is covered.
After allowing it to steep for ten or fifteen minutes, it is carefully
strained through a clean napkin into another vessel or cup, the pulp
is returned into the original vessel, and more boiling water is poured
over it. This operation of steeping in boiling water and straining is
continued until you have obtained the required quantity of the
extracted milk of the cocoanut. The pulp is thrown away. If the
cocoanut be a small one, or its nut not hard and deep, it will be
necessary to provide a second cocoanut. Good cocoanuts are sold at an
anna to an anna and a half a piece.
55.—Chicken Malay Gravy Curry with White Pumpkin or Cucumber
Take the usual full-sized curry chicken, and divide it as before
directed; get either six cucumbers or a quarter of a white pumpkin;
remove the green skin and the part containing the seeds, then cut it
up into sixteen pieces of about two inches square, and steep in water.
Fry in the ghee all the ground condiments, including the ground hot
spices; when brown, add the cut-up chicken and salt; fry to a fine
bright light brown; then put in the pumpkin, having previously allowed
all the water to drain away through a colander; pour in the two cups
of cocoanut milk, the lemon-grass, and hot spices, and allow the
whole to simmer over a slow fire for about half an hour, when the
curry will be ready: the blade of lemon-grass is not dished up.
56.—Prawn Malay Gravy Curry with White Pumpkin or Cucumber
Select the bagda prawns (/bagda chingree/), whenever they are
procurable, in preference to any other description. The shell and head
are of a dark colour in comparison with what are called /jeel ka
chingree/, the shell and head of which are very perceptibly several
shades lighter than the bagdas.
It is impossible to quote any price as a guide, the fluctuation being
almost incredible. Fine large prawns, not lobsters—prawns which,
without their heads, would be about the size of the ordinary dried
Normandy pippins sent out to this country for tarts—may be obtained
one day at two annas for twenty, and the next day they will not be
procurable at less than eight annas for the same number. This remark
applies generally to fish of every description brought for sale into
the Calcutta market.
With one other remark of importance, we shall proceed to the
instructions necessary for the preparation of prawn malay gravy curry.
The prawns should be parboiled after removing the heads, to rid them,
as the natives call it, of besine, which means all disagreeable
character of fishy smell and taste.
As a rule, the heads of prawns should always be rejected, which, in
the process of frying, absorb largely the ghee, and in the cooking
dispel a liquid from their spongy formation.
In all other respects, the prawn malay gravy curry is cooked like the
chicken malay gravy curry, omitting the ginger; but an additional
blade or two of the lemon-grass would not be amiss, which, on the
curry being dished, are thrown away.
57.—Chicken Malay Gravy Curry with Pulwal
Take a fat chicken, clean it, remove all the flesh and pound it to a
pulp, and prepare it in every respect as directed in recipe No. 34 for
a cofta curry, omitting the suet. Take a dozen large-sized pulwals,
scrape or pare away the outer skin, split them down one side, extract
all the seeds, &c., and throw the pulwals into cold water; wash and
drain away all the water, then stuff them with the prepared forcemeat,
tie them with fine sewing cotton, and cook them in the milk of the
cocoanut, exactly as directed in recipe No. 55.
58.—Prawn Malay Gravy Curry with Pulwal
Take bagda prawns; shell and clean them, pound to a pulp, and prepare
as directed in recipe No. 37 for prawn cofta curry. Take a dozen
pulwals, peel them finely, cut them open lengthways, clear them of all
seeds, &c., wash and dry them, then stuff them with the prepared prawn
mince; tie the pulwals with sewing cotton, and cook in cocoanut milk
as directed in recipe No. 56.
59.—Chicken Malay Doopiaja
The condiments and ingredients are as follow:—One chittack and a half
or three ounces of ghee, one teaspoonful and a half of salt, four
teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of ground turmeric, one
teaspoonful of ground chilies, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, a
quarter of a teaspoonful of ground garlic, one cup of strong cocoanut
milk, and one dozen onions cut lengthways into fine slices.
Cut up the chicken in the usual manner, warm the ghee, fry and set
aside the sliced onions, then fry brown the ground condiments, after
which add the chicken and salt. When fried brown, pour in the cocoanut
milk and the fried onions finely chopped, and allow to simmer over a
slow fire: the Malay doopiaja will be ready in an hour.
60.—Prawn Malay Doopiaja
Take sixteen or twenty large bagda prawns, throw away the heads,
parboil the prawns, and then doopiaje in all respects as for a chicken
Malay doopiaja, omitting the ginger.
PORTUGUESE CURRY (VINDALOO OR BINDALOO)
This well-known Portuguese curry can only be made properly of beef,
pork, or duck. The following is a recipe of the vindaloo in general
use:—
Six ounces or three chittacks of ghee or lard, one tablespoonful of
bruised garlic, one tablespoonful of ground garlic, one tablespoonful
of ground ginger, two
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