Making Good wives Better

NZ Truth, Issue 1151, 22 December 1927, Page 15

Making Good wives Better

CURR V YOUR_COLD MEA T Correct Method of Cooking the Accompanying Rice However warm the weather may be, curry and rice is a dish that is appreciated by the majority of people.

INGREDIENTS: Half a pound cooked meat, 1 apple, 1 onion, 1 dessertspoonful sultanas, % teaspoon salt, Vi, teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoon fat, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 dessertspoon curry powder, % pint stock or water, desertspoon flour, %lb. boiled rice. Cut the meat into small pieces (remove all fat and gristle), cut the apple and onion into small dice, then melt the fat m a saucepan and fry the apple and onion and all the ingredients, except the meat and the rice. Fry for a few minutes and keep stirring; then add the stock or water; stir till ' it reaches boiling point and allow it to simmer gently for 15 minutes. Now add the meat and cook it m

the sauce until it is heated thoroughly (about 10 minutes). Serve on a very hot meat dish, place

a border of rice around the curry and garnish with thin half-slices of lemon, standing: the lemon up. Now grate the yolk of a hard-boiled egg over the rice or sprinkle with finely-chopped parsley. The following method of cooking rice for curry is the correct one, so follow these instructions: — Required: 4ozs. rice, 2 quarts water, 1 dessertspoonful salt, 1 thick slice of lemon. Put water, lemon and salt on to boil m an enamel saucepan. Wash the rice three times to remove all starchy matter. Put the rice m the boiling water and cool quickly with lid off for 15 minutes. Strain through the colander to separate the grains and pour a little cold water over it and remove the lemon. Return to- saucepan to re-heat and it will then be ready to serve with the curry.

SERVE SPAGHETTI DIFFERENTLY

DOIL spaghetti for twenty minutes. v Drain. Scoop out the centre of six tomatoes, fill with the spaghetti and the scooped- out tomato, well seasoned. Cover With breadcrumbs ana grated cheese. Bake m a moderate oven till the 1 tomatoes are tender. * # * CHILI VINEGAR pUT m halves two dozen fresh red chillies and infuse them m halfpint of vinegar for about a fortnight, when it will be ready for use. # * * BAKING POWDER DEQUIRED: 4ozs. tartaric acid, 6ozs. ** bi-carb. of soda, and lib. of rice flour; crush the tartaric acid, mix all ingredients and sieve three times.