Malida (Wheat Flour Pudding)

Ingredients

• three quarters of a pound of coarse wheat flour
• two ounces of fine white flour
• seven eggs
• half a pound of ghee
• one and a half pounds of sugar
• half a pound of almonds
• two ounces of rosewater
• half a teaspoonful of powdered cardamoms
• rather more than half of that quantity of nutmeg

Method

No method was recorded for this recipe.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 138. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Malida (Wheat Flour Pudding) Murenboo Aninas No (Preserved Pine-apple) 337 y BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS Cheval Vagaralle. (Fried Rice.) One pound rice, four cloves, seven cardamoms, one teaspoonful each of caraway, black pepper, and aniseed, two onions, and a quarter of a pound of ghee. Slice the onions very fine, and fry in ghee to a dark- brown colour, but do not char ; then put in all the con- diments, and fry for three minutes, now put in the rice, after washing it thoroughly, along with two pounds of water and three drams of salt. Boil till all the water has evaporated, and place it at the side of the fire to dry. Take a quarter of a pound of blanched and split almonds, a quarter of a pound of cleaned and plumped currants, and half an onion sliced fine, and fry along with the almonds and currants in ghee. Dish the rice and strew these on top. Serve with lentils, meat balls, and salad. Tuverni Dal Masallah. (Spiced Lentils.) Take one pound lentils, two teaspoonfuls salt, two teaspoonfuls of turmeric, one pound onions, half pound vegetable marrow, handful of coriander leaves, two and a half teaspoonfuls of green ginger, and half a pound cleaned potatoes. Thoroughly wash the lentils. Put them into two pounds of water, along with the salt, turmeric, onions cut in quarters, vegetable marrow, leaves of coriander, ginger, and potatoes cut in quarters. Mix them"all up, then put in two large sliced red chillies, one and a half drams 338 PARSEE (Ordinary) caraway seeds, a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and carda- moms, and three drams of pepper, all dried and pounded. Put all this with the lentils and another pound of water. Bring to the boil, then place the pot at the side of the fire to simmer till all the moisture has nearly evaporated and the mixture is of the consistency of thinnish porridge. ■ Fry a point of garlic in butter and mix it along with the lentils. Serve with fried rice, meat balls, and salad. Khimna Kabab. (Mince Meat Balls.) One pound of finely-minced meat, quarter of a pound of onions, a handful of coriander leaves, two large ground red chillies, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoon- fuls of ground poppy seeds, one of ground ginger, a point of garlic, three ground cloves, six ground cardamoms, two whole eggs, and one teaspoonful of salt. Slice the onions and fry in ghee till they are slightly browned ; put them to the one side and fry the various seasonings for a couple of minutes, and when cool mix in the meat along with the salt, a little milk curd, a tea- spoonful of flour, and the eggs ; stir well in a bowl, and then take small portions in the hands and form into balls rather larger than walnuts, and fry in plenty of boiling ghee. Of course the coriander leaves are kept out. Eat with fried rice, lentils, and salad. Kachubar. (Salad.) Take three onions, cut them in very thin slices, and lay them in some salt for half an hour. Drain carefully, 339 BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS and put in minced coriander leaves, two sliced red chillies, a suspicion of garlic, a little minced green ginger, two sliced tomatoes, and a shred lettuce. Pour in a table- spoonful of spiced vinegar, and mix all thoroughly together, and serve with rice, lentils, and meat balls. Ramas Katlas. (Salmon Cutlets.) Take three slices of a small salmon about an inch thick, rub with salt, and lay aside for half an hour. Then remove all the skin and bones. Grind a teaspoonful of coriander seeds, half a green chilli, and some red pepper and salt. Smear the pieces of fish with this and lay to the one side for an hour ; afterwards egg and breadcrumb them, and fry in boiling ghee. Eat with bread. Taraloo Gose Ana Vatana. (Fried Meat with Green Peas or Beans.) Take one pound of meat, one pound and a quarter of ghee, one pound and a quarter of onions, one teaspoonful of ground green ginger, two handfuls of coriander leaves (two teaspoonfuls of ground coriander seeds will do instead), one teaspoonful of turmeric, half a teaspoonful of garlic, three green chillies, three quarters of a tea- spoonful of salt, half a saltspoonful of red pepper, one pound of shelled green peas, and a quarter pound of water. Cut in thin slices one quarter of a pound of the onions, and fry in the ghee along with the ginger and garlic, till they are a light brown ; then put in the meat cut in inch squares, and fry till browned all over. Pour 34° PARSEE (Ordinary) in the water, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, and stew very slowly for an hour and a half. Half an hour before the meat is cooked put in the green peas, the pound of onions thickly sliced, the green chillies sliced, the turmeric, the pepper, and the rest of the salt, also the coriander leaves. Serve with bread. Vagaralle Marga. (Roast Fowl.) Take a good plump chicken, one and a half pounds of ghee, six large potatoes, four large green chillies, a salt- spoonful of pepper, and a teaspoonful of salt. Put the chicken into a pan with the ghee, and fry it. After it is browned all over, take out the ghee, leaving a small quantity in the pan. Put in half a pound of water with the chicken, the six potatoes cut in halves, the chillies sliced, the salt, and pepper. Stew very slowly till the bird is very tender. Eat with the potatoes and bread or rice. Malida. (Wheat Flour Pudding.) Take three quarters of a pound of coarse wheat flour, two ounces of fine white flour, seven eggs, half a pound of ghee, one and a half pounds of sugar, half a pound of almonds, two ounces of rosewater, half a teaspoonful of powdered cardamoms, and rather more than half of that quantity of nutmeg

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