Mulligatawny Soup

Ingredients

• 4 lb. knuckle of veal
• 2 oz. curry powder
• 2 oz. butter
• 4 onions
• 4 apples
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• 1 lb. rice
• 1 carrot
• 1 turnip
• Parsley and thyme
• 3 quarts water
• 1 lemon

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan, and when quite hot, fry the onions sliced.

2. 2

   When nicely browned, add the curry powder, chopped apples, and two ounces of rice (well washed).

3. 3

   Stir until the butter is all absorbed.

4. 4

   Break the bones, and cut the meat into small pieces; add these to the saucepan with the water, and the vegetables and seasonings.

5. 5

   Boil for three hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.

6. 6

   Rub as much as possible of the meat, vegetables, &c., through a wire-sieve, and return the soup to the saucepan with a lump of sugar, a little lemon-juice, and salt to taste.

7. 7

   Boil for five minutes, and serve hot.

8. 8

   Some persons use rabbits instead of veal.

9. 9

   Rice boiled as if for curry should be served in a separate dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chambers's cookery for young housewives (1894) by Annie M. Griggs, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MULLAGATAWNY SOUP — GIBLET SOUP. r>9 tureen. Milk may be used instead of cream, but it will not be so rich. OYSTER SOUP. 2 pints white stock. 1 pint milk. 1 oz. corn-flour. 1 gill cream. 2 dozen oysters. Cayenne pepper. Salt. i teaspoonful lemon-juice. Add the liquor and beards of the oysters to some good white stock in a saucepan. Mix the corn-flour and the milk free from lumps, add this to the saucepan, and stir until boiling ; boil for five minutes and skim thoroughly. Season with Cayenne pepper and salt. Scald the oysters in the cream, pour these into a hot soup tureen ; strain the soup over them, and add a little lemon-juice just before serving. MULLAGATAWNY SOUP. 4 lb. knuckle of veal. 2 oz. curry powder. 2 oz. butter. 4 onions, 4 apples. 1 teaspoonful salt. i lb. rice. 1 carrot, 1 turnip. Parsley and thyme. 3 quarts water. 1 lemon

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