Curried Shrimps

Ingredients

• half pound butter
• three or four sliced onions
• tablespoon curry-powder
• quart shelled shrimps
• salt to taste
• a little lemon juice
• sugar just before serving
• boiled rice with it in separate dish

Method

1. 1

   Fry sliced onions in butter until golden brown, stir in warmed curry powder, add shelled shrimps, and cook gently for 5-10 minutes, stirring often.

2. 2

   Season with salt, lemon juice, and sugar before serving.

3. 3

   Serve with boiled rice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 508. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Curried Shrinipa, put half pound butter in stewpan, add three or four sliced onions and fry golden brown, then stir in two tablespoons more butter. Have tablespoon curry- powder warmed in oven and mix welt with onions ; add quart shell- ed shrimps and cook gently five or ten minutes, stirring often tak- ing care not to let it get dry, adding more butter if needed. Salt to taste and add a little lemon juice and sugar just before serving. Serve boiled rice with it in separate dish. Nice for luncheon. For Shrimp Pie, to one quart shelled shrimps

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