Curried Prawns

Ingredients

• 1 pt. prawns (picked)
• 6 cloves
• 2 tablespoonfuls curry
• 1 apple
• Tablespoonful chutney
• Tablespoonful butter
• 1 small bulb of garlic
• 2 onions
• 1 pt. of liquor from the heads and pickings
• Tablespoonful cocoanut powder

Method

1. 1

   Slice the onions very fine and put them in a saucepan with the butter.

2. 2

   When well cooked, add the apple very finely chopped with the cloves, chutney, curry powder, and minced garlic.

3. 3

   Boil the heads and pickings of prawns with the coconut for an hour.

4. 4

   Strain this into the curry and allow to simmer for half an hour.

5. 5

   Add the prawns a quarter of an hour before serving and allow to simmer.

6. 6

   Dish with rice and Bombay duck.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 pt. prawns (picked) 6 cloves 2 tablespoonfuls curry 1 apple Tablespoonful chutney Tablespoonful butter 1 small bulb of garlic 2 onions 1 pt. of liquor from the heads and pickings Tablespoonful cocoanut. j»owd

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