Curried Eggs

Ingredients

• 6 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 tablespoonful desiccated cocoanut
• i pt. milk
• 1 tablespoonful curry powder
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Boil the cocoanut and milk together for half an hour; mix the curry powder to a paste with a little milk and pour in; then cut the eggs in eight pieces, and with the pepper and salt put into the curry.

2. 2

   Serve with boiled rice.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

6 hard-boiled eggs 6 sardines Butter Cayenne and salt J cupful white sauce. Mode. — Cut the eggs in half, take the yokes out and put them into a mortar with the sardines (which must be boned and skinned), a little cayenne, salt, and a spoonful of butter ; cut the end of each piece of the white of the egg so as to make it stand up ; fill the cup with the mixture and stand them on toast ; then put them in the oven while you make the sauce. Of course you will have more of the mixture left than will fill the whites ; mix that with the white sauce and allow it to come to a boil, stirring all the time. You must have that qui t o smooth, then pour it over the eggs and serve very hot. 485— BAKED EGGS. 6 eggs 2 ozs. fat bacon Cayenne 2 tablespoonfuls of milk. Mode. — Chop up the bacon very small, sprinkle with a little cayenne ; put into a small pie-dish with the milk ; place in the oven and allow it to cook for fifteen minutes ; then break the eggs carefully into the dish on the top of the bacon ; put back in the oven and bake until the eggs are cooked ; in a hot oven they take about ten minutes. 486— EGGS ESPAGNOLE. 6 eggs 2 onions 3 tomatoes Tablespoonful of butter Cayenne and salt 2 ozs. grated cheese. Mode. — Slice and chop the onions very fine, put them with half the butter on to cook ; when they are done, put about half into a small pie- dish ; then slice half of the tomatoes, put them in, then a layer of cheese ; break the eggs very carefully, then put on the rest of the onion, salt and cayenne, tomatoes, and the remainder of the cheese ; Savouries. Sprinkle over with the breadcrumbs ; put on the remainder 01 the butter and bake for half an hour. 487— CUEEIED EGGS. 6 hard-boiled eggs 1 tablespoonful desiccated i pt. milk cocoanut 1 tablespoonful curry powder Salt and pepper

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.