Lamb Curry à la 'Omar, the Tentmaker'

Ingredients

• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 cup of stock
• 1/2 cup of rice water
• 2 cups of lamb, cold roast preferred
• 2 tablespoons of Curry Powder
• Zest of one lemon
• Salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Brown the onion in olive oil, then add stock, rice-water, salt, and curry powder mixed with a little rice-water.

2. 2

   Simmer until the oil and curry float, add lamb, and continue simmering.

3. 3

   Drip in lemon juice just before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Stag Cook Book: Written for Men by Men (1922) by Carroll Mac Sheridan, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LAMB CURRY A LA "OMAR, THE TENTMAKER" I onion (diced) I cup of stock Yi cup of rice water 1 cup of potatoes, which have been previously boiled and diced 2 cups of lamb, cold roast preferred, and cut into the size of dominoes 2 . tablespoons of Curry Powder (Cross and Blackwells, or other imported — never domestic) Zest of one lemon Salt to taste

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