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Banquets of the nations

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Fry in four ounces of boiling ghee four sliced medium- sized onions ; then fry three teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of ground turmeric, one sliced red chilli, a teaspoonful of whole ginger, a teaspoonful of poppy seeds, a teaspoonful of roasted coriander seeds, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground garlic. When brown lay in the chicken (which you have cut in eight parts), and fry to a nice brown, then add one teaspoonful and a half of salt with a cupful of waterMargika-Salan (Curried Chicken), also curdled milk till gravy is thick, and simmer very slowly for at least an hour. Serve with rice, ghee, and pickles. Khargosh-Ka-Salan. (Curried Hare.) Remove the legs, and cut the back into three pieces, and place the seven pieces in water. Boil four ounces of ghee, in which fry two large onions sliced, one teaspoonful coriander, turmeric, cumin, poppy seeds, mustard seeds, and cardamoms, a broken stick of cinnamon, one point of garlic, three coriander leaves, one bay leaf, 311 BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS an inch of green ginger, and a teaspoonful of salt. When the onions are browned, fry the pieces of hare in the above till brown all over, then pour into the pot a cupful of water, a cupful of cocoanut milk, and two cupfuls of curds. Cover the pot very close, and bring to the boil. If too little liquid, add some more curds. A few minutes before serving, stir in a teaspoonful of sugar and two table- spoonfuls of tamarind juice. Serve with rice, ghee, and pickles. Tamarind Juice. Pour a pint of boiling water over four ounces of tamarinds, and twenty minutes afterwards squeeze and strain. Dum-Ka-Rout. (Imperial Pudding.) Take half pound of flour, one and a half pounds of ghee, one pound of sugar, three ounces of almonds blanched and sliced, six ounces of walnuts, three ounces of dried figs (both chopped), half pound of cream (milk reduced to a fourth of its bulk by boiling) , quarter ounce of cloves, half ounce of cinnamon, quarter ounce of cardamoms (all three ground), and quarter ounce of yeast. Melt the yeast with a little milk, add it to the flour with the rest of the cream, and mix lightly. Beat the sugar and ghee to a cream, then add it along with the fruits and spices to the flour, and mix all together lightly. Set in a warm place for two hours to rise, after 312 MADRAS (Mussulman) which put on an oiled broad pan and apply heat to top and botton, or place in the oven. Muzaffer. (Saffron Toast.) Put six thick slices of bread toasted very crisp into a pan, and pour over half a pound of melted butter. In another vessel boil for fifteen minutes three glasses of milk, half a pound of sugar, a quarter pound of ground almonds, and half a teaspoonful of saffronMuzaffer (Saffron Toast). Pour this into the first vessel, and boil the whole for a few minutes till it gets to a thick porridge. Pour it into a dish, and when cold serve with cream. Nash Patee. (Baked Pears.) Nash Patee (Baked Pears)