Curried Rice

Ingredients

• half a pound of rice
• two quarts of boiling water
• two teaspoonfuls of salt
• an ounce of butter
• an onion

Method

1. 1

   Wash half a pound of rice in two waters and put it into two quarts of boiling water with two teaspoonfuls of salt.

2. 2

   Stew slowly, uncovered, for fifteen minutes, adding cold water as needed.

3. 3

   Drain and dry on a napkin, then put into a stewpan with an ounce of butter.

4. 4

   Serve with any curry.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bachelor and the chafing dish (1895) by Deshler Welch, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Curried Rice. — One of the simplest and most palatable of dishes is curried rice. Wash half a pound of rice in two waters and pick it very clean. Put it into two quarts of boiling water, in which two teaspoonfuls of salt have been thrown ; stew slowly, uncovered, keeping down the boiling by adding a cup of cold water once or twice, for fifteen minutes, taking care the grains do not break. Turn it out and drain it on a napkin till dry, The Autocrat and the Chafing-dish . 83 then put it into a stewpan with an ounce of butter. Do not stir or touch the rice while boiling ; the water will keep the grains apart, and preserve them from breaking. Dish up separately, and serve with any curry. It will add much to the flavor to boil an onion

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