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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
(4) Put 1 breakfast-cupful of well-washed rice in a sauce- pan with a little water and boil until quite tender. In the meantime, boil four eggs until quite hard, let them get cold, shell, chop up small, and mix them with some minced cold cooked fish. Put this mixture with the rice into a saucepan, add a small piece of butterKedgeree (4), sprinkle over with salt and pepper, and cook until quite hot, taking care to stir frequently to jirevent it burning. It must not be too moist, or it will spoil the effect. Such fish as turbot, soles, halibut, pike, hake, skate, and codfish are all suitable for Kedgeree. (5) Put 4oz. of fat (ghee) into a saucepan over the fire, and as soon as it begins to boil plunge in twelve larg-e onions cut in slices, and cook to a light brown. Push the onions to the side of the pan, add f breakfast-cupful of rice and 1 tea- cupful of dal or split grain, or rice and dill in equal propor- tions, and continue to cook until all the fat is absorbed ; then add a few slices of green ginger, a few peppercorns, six bay- leaves, three or four cardamoms, and sufficient small sticks of cinnamonKedgeree (5) to flavour. Stir well to thoroughly incorporate the several ingredients, pour over only sufficient water to Fig. 997. Kedgeree. cover, put on the lid, which should fit closely, place the pan on a slow fire, and cook until the water is all absorbed, reducing the heat gradually. Great care must be taken not to let the rice burn, which can be easily prevented by giving the pan an occasional toss. Turn the whole, when done, out on to a hot dish, strew over a few fried onions, adding a little saffron or turmeric to the rice and dill at the time of frying to give it a good yellow colour. The flavour of the dish is in no way affected, but the appearance is more attractive. Garnish with boiled rice and croutons of fried bread (see Fig. 997), and serve very hot. (6) Put in a saucepan 1| teacupfuls of well- washed rice, four cardamoms, I teaspoonful of cloves, | table-spoonful of coriander-seeds, and a sufficient quantity of cold water ; boil the rice for fifteen minutes, then put in ^ teacupful of well- picked dal, and boil for five minutes longer. Drain off all the water, put in loz. of butter and a moderate quantity of salt, and keep the saucepan at the side of the fire with the lid off for fifteen or twenty minutes. Pile the Kedgeree on a hot dish, garnish with fried onions and hard-boiled eggs, and serve. (7) Soak Jib. of split peas in water, and when ready drain them ; put them with Jib. of well-washed rice into a sauce- pan, and a small quantity each of mace, ginger, and salt, pour in a sufficient quantity of cold water, and boil until es, tic., referred to, see under their special heads. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. 795 Kedgeree — continued. cooked ; then move the saucepan to the side of the fire, and dry off the moisture. Peel two or three onionsKedgeree, slice them, and fry brown in butter. Turn the Kedgeree on to a hot dish, garnish with the fried onions and hard-boiled eggs cut in halves, and serve. KENDAL PUDDING. — See Puddings. KERN-MILK— The Scotch term for butter-milk.