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The complete Indian housekeeper & cook

1898

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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
9. Baingans, Brinjals, or Egg Plant au Gratm.— Boil the baingansj cut in half, and mix the pulp with ^ unit of whipped cream to each haingan, and a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg. tiil the skins, sprinkle with bread-crumbs, moisten with a little oiled butter, and bake. 10. Bhindies.— okra, or lady’s lingers are excellent in many ways, the only thing to remember being to remove their clammy mucilage by parboiling in salt and water, and then wiping each pod. They may then be sliced, fried with onions, or made into fritters. The seeds may be taken out, and mixed with a good cream sauce, in which a dash of lemon juice has been added, then us6cl for a crouton ragout^ eitlicr with or without the yolk of an egg. 11. Broad Beans, with Creana.— Boil with parsley and salt. Put into a pan with 2 units butter, chopped parsley, pepper, salt, and nutmeg. Heat, then add gradually 3 units yolk of egg and a squeeze of lemonBroad Beans with Cream. Serve with croutons. 12. Cauliflowers au Gratin.— Parboil the cauliflower, and dish with the flower upwards. Take G units of white sauce, 2 of grated cheese, 1 of butter, 2 of yolk of egg, nutmeg, pepper, salt, and the juice of half a lemonCauliflowers au Gratin. Stir till thick over the Are; pour on the cauliflowers, sprinkle with fried bread-crumbs and grated cheese, and bake for quarter of an hour. If bard, the cheese should be pounded in a mortar, and mixed thoroughly with the milk. 13. Cauliflower au Beurre. — Break the cauliflower to branches, put in a stewpan with 1 unit butter, 1 unit milk, the juice of a lemonCauliflower au Beurre, salt and pepper, and when three pai'ts done remove. When ([uite cold, dip in a thin batter and fry. Serve with a sauce made by adding milk and flour to the butter, &c. 14. Carrots, Curried. — Choose good red carrots. Boil, cut in shapes with a cutter, and curry, using mango or tomato chutneyCarrots, Curried to give acidity to the curry sauce. 15. Carrots, Glazed. — Parboil for ten minutes. Then put in a stewpan with 2 units of butter, the same quantity of sugar, and 10 units of good stockCarrots, Glazed. Stew gently for balf-an-hour, then boil bri.skly till the li<iuor is reduced to a glaze ; a little cornflour may be added. Roll them in this, and arrange in a round-bottomed basin, so that they will turn out like a dome. Pour the remainder of the glaze over the carrots, add some Hutch sauce round. 10. Carrots, with Cream.— As for beans, but cutting the carrots nto rings before boiling. 286 The Complete Indian 17. Cabbage, Braised. — Cut the cabbnge to qiiarters, scald it, cover the hottom of a stcvvpaii with tliiii slices of hacoii, place vour cabbage and moisten with stock, add green onions, parsley, whole peppers, but no salt. Stew with closed cover. AV'hen done, reduce the sauce, remove the hacon, and thicken with a little flour and butter. 18. Cabbage, Stuffed. — As above, but dividing the cabbage into halves, only removing the heart, and filling with forcemeatCabbage, Stuffed. The cabbage should be carefully tied together again and braised. 19. Celery, Braised.— Cut six inches long and parboil in water, braise m stock and a little butterCelery, Braised for an hour. Then drain and serve, dished round a centre crouton filled with white celery puree made of the remainder of the celery, and pour a pinuante glaze sauce round the celery.