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A Fricassee of Chicken (Ceylon style)

From Allied cookery, 1916

To obtain coconut cream, scrape 3 fresh coconuts finely, add 3 pints of water, stir, strain, and let stand for 3 hours.

Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Allied cookery (1916) by Harrison, Grace Clergue Mrs., page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A FRICASSEE OF CHICKEN (Ceylon style) Cut 2 good-sized chickens in 8 pieces. Season with salt and pepper; put in a saucepan with about I quart of cocoanut milk ; add to this a little 52 A.llied CooKery 53 cinnamon, yi teaspoon fresh coriander, X tea- spoon of powdered saffron, a little red pimento, and boil until tender; at the last minute thicken the sauce with 4 yolks of eggs mixed well with yi pint cocoanut cream

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