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Is made in all respects as a chicken doopiaja, the kid to be cut up in
the usual manner. The hind quarter is preferable to the fore quarter.
25.—Veal Doopiaja
Take only the meat from a shoulder, cut it up into squares, and allow
it to simmer for half an hour longer than the chicken doopiaja.
26.—Mutton Doopiaja
The flesh part of a shoulder is cut up into squares and doopiajed
exactly as a chicken, allowing it to simmer over a slow fire for half
an hour longer.
27.—Beef Doopiaja
Cut two pounds of beef into one-inch square pieces, and follow all the
instructions given in recipe No. 23, only allowing it to simmer for a
much longer time over a slow fire, until the beef is perfectly tender.
28.—Duck Doopiaja
Divide as you would a chicken, and cook the duck in the same manner,
allowing it to simmer a little longer than the chicken doopiaja. Half
a teaspoonful each of ground coriander and cumin seed should be mixed
with the condiments.
29.—Doopiaja of Pigeons
Take four pigeons, cut each into four pieces, and proceed in every
particular the same as for a chicken doopiaja.
30.—Cold Boiled Pork Doopiaja
Cut from the remains of cold boiled pork sixteen one-inch square
pieces, and doopiaje it in the way directed for a chicken. The time
required to simmer will not exceed that allowed for the chicken
doopiaja.
31.—Udder Doopiaja
Take two pounds of udder; before cutting it into squares, it should be
parboiled, and then made into doopiaja, allowing it to simmer over a
slow fire for about two hours.
32.—Udder and Beef Doopiaja
Take one pound each of udder and beef; parboil the udder, and then cut
it up with the beef into one-inch square pieces, and doopiaje it,
allowing it to simmer for about two hours.
It is necessary to impress on the amateur artist the importance of
paying particular attention to the firing: a brisk fire will dry up
the ghee and the water before the curry is half cooked, and
necessitate the addition of more water, which will in every instance
spoil the doopiaja, although the addition of a little water, if such
be necessary when the curry is nearly cooked, will do it no harm. In
every instance where ghee butter, &c., is to be melted, it is
desirable first to warm the pot.
FORCEMEAT BALL CURRIES, OR COFTA-KA-CARREE
Beef, mutton, chicken, fish, crabs, and prawns are usually taken for
making these curries. The ingredients for two pounds of meat or fish
are as follow:—Lard, ghee, or mustard oil, three to four ounces;
water or stock, five to six ounces; ground onions, one tablespoonful
or one ounce; ground chilies, a quarter of a tablespoonful, ground
turmeric, a quarter of a tablespoonful; ground green ginger, half a
teaspoonful; ground peppercorns, half a teaspoonful; ground garlic, a
quarter of a teaspoonful; garden herbs, finely chopped, one
dessertspoonful; salt, one dessertspoonful; finely-grated
bread-crumbs, three tablespoonfuls; one egg.
N.B.—In the fish, crab, and prawn coftas the ginger must be omitted.
33.—Beef Forcemeat Ball Curry
Get rather more than two pounds of good fat beef; wash it thoroughly,
and cut it into pieces, rejecting all veins and scraggy portions; put
about two pounds of it into a mortar and pound it fine, removing all
fibres, veins, &c., and if it be desired put up a broth of all the
rejections. Mix with the pounded beef a teaspoonful of salt, pepper,
and garden herbs, and two tablespoonfuls of bread-crumbs; add a little
of the broth, or in its absence some milk; mix the whole well
together; beat up the yolk and white of the egg, add it to the
mixture, and make into balls about the size of large walnuts; roll
them in bread-crumbs. After heating the pot, melt the lard or ghee,
and fry brown the ground ingredients, sprinkling a tablespoonful of
cold water over them; then add the coftas or balls with salt to taste,
and fry or brown them; after which pour into the pot either a cup of
broth or of water, and allow to simmer for about two hours.
N.B.—Some cooks add to the beef cofta curries ground hot spices,
which are fried with the curry condiments, and are suited to most
tastes.
34.—Chicken Forcemeat Ball Curry
Procure a good fat chicken and a quarter of a pound of beef suet; put
the suet into a mortar with all the fleshy parts of the chicken, and
pound to a pulp; make a stock of gravy of the bones; mix with the
pounded meat all the several ingredients named in the foregoing
recipe, with the addition of an egg well beaten up; make into balls,
roll in bread-crumbs, and curry as directed above.
N.B.—The chicken cofta curry may also be made without any suet; the
general practice is to get chickens rather larger than those usually
selected for ordinary curries.
35.—Mutton Forcemeat Ball Curry
Take the best parts of a leg or shoulder of mutton; cut them up, wash,
and pound well down; make a gravy of the bones and rejections; mix
with the pounded mutton all the ingredients mentioned in the recipe
for making beef balls, and cook exactly as the beef cofta curry.
36.—Ball Curry of Liver and Udder
Get one pound each of liver and udder; thoroughly wash and parboil
them, then cut them into pieces, put into a mortar, and pound them to
a pulp; mix with pepper, salt, herbs, bread-crumbs, and an egg; make
into balls, and curry them in the same manner as any of the foregoing
forcemeat ball curries.
37.—Prawn Cofta Curry
Get thirty to forty of the best prawns, and remove the heads and
shells; wash the prawns well with salt and water, then pound them to a
pulp; mix with it all the ingredients as directed for the beef cofta;
make into balls, roll them in bread-crumbs, and set aside. After
washing the heads, remove the shells, and bruise the contents with a
dessertspoonful of unroasted coriander-seed; take all the juice, and
fry it with the ground condiments; then put in the balls, brown them,
add salt to taste, a cup of water, and simmer until they are cooked.
N.B.—Good mustard oil is preferable to using lard or ghee, and the
ginger must be omitted; but the addition of a few bay-leaves and
blades of lemon-grass would be an improvement. It is not usual to dish
up the lemon-grass.
38.—Lobster Cofta Curry
According to their size, take eight or ten lobsters; clean them
thoroughly; remove the heads and shells; pull the flesh to pieces and
pound to a pulp; add to it some of the red coral from the head, then
mix into it the bread-crumbs, salt, pepper, herbs, and an egg well
beaten up, and make into balls. The remains of the heads and the
contents of the long legs bruise down with unroasted coriander-seed;
omitting the ginger, and cook the balls in the same way as the prawn
balls, with the addition of bay-leaves and a few blades of
lemon-grass. Lemon-grass is not served up.
39.—Crab Cofta Curry
Select ten or twelve gheewalla kakakahs, or crabs full of the red
coral, wash them thoroughly, then boil them; remove all the meat and
coral out of the shells, pound to a pulp, and, after mixing all the
ingredients and fixing them with an egg well beaten up, make into
balls, and cook them in all respects according to the directions for
lobster cofta curry. Time to simmer: say half an hour.
40.—Fish Cofta Curry
Cold boiled or fried fish is the best adapted for making coftas; it is
not necessary to give other instructions than those already given at
length in the foregoing recipes, excepting that mustard oil is the
best adapted for fresh fish curries.
N.B.—The remains of hermetically-sealed fish, such as salmon and
mackerel, removed from dinner, are well adapted for making cofta
curries.
Under-done roast meats, such as beef, mutton, veal, and fowl, will
make excellent cofta curries.
COUNTRY CAPTAINThe country captain is usually made of chicken, and occasionally of
kid and veal. Cold meats and curries are also sometimes converted into
this dish, the condiments for which are as follow:—Two chittacks or
four ounces of ghee, half a teaspoonful of ground chilies, one
teaspoonful of salt, a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground turmeric,
and twenty onions, cut up lengthways into fine slices.
41.—Chicken Country Captain
Cut up in the usual way an ordinary curry chicken. Warm the ghee and
fry the sliced onions, which when brown set aside; fry the ground
turmeric and chilies, then throw in the chicken and salt, and continue
to fry, stirring the whole, until the chicken is tender. Serve it up,
strewing over it the fried onions.
42.—Kid Country Captain
Before cutting up the kid, a fore-quarter, let it be partially broiled
or roasted, and then make it into country captain in accordance with
the above directions; or, instead of partially roasting the kid, add
half a cup of water to assist the meat to dissolve.
43.—Veal Country Captain
Partially broil or roast a shoulder of veal before cutting it up; or
make the country captain as directed in recipe No. 42, by adding half
a cup of water instead of partially broiling the meat.
44.—Jhal Frezee
Cut up into small squares, of less than an inch, either cold mutton,
beef, or veal, rejecting the bones; add a large quantity of sliced
onions, some chilies cut up, and a teaspoonful of salt. Warm a
chittack, or two ounces of ghee, and throw it into the meat, onions,
chilies, and salt, and allow to simmer, or fry, stirring the whole
while, until the onions are quite tender.
HINDOOSTANEE CURRIES45.—Seik Kawab
Is usually eaten with chappatee or hand-bread, and only occasionally
with rice, and contains the following condiments:—Two tablespoonfuls
of mustard oil, four teaspoonfuls of ground onions, one teaspoonful of
ground chilies, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, a quarter of a
teaspoonful of ground garlic, one teaspoonful of ground turmeric, one
teaspoonful and a half of salt, a cup of thick tyre or dhye, half a
teaspoonful of ground coriander-seed, the juice of one large lemon,
and a little ghee.
Take two pounds of beef, mutton, or veal; remove the bones, and chop
the meat slightly, without mincing or cutting through it; mix well
together all the ground condiments, including the oil, tyre, and
lemon-juice, in which steep the chopped meat, turning it over
occasionally to absorb the mixture. After a while cut up the meat into
squares of equal size, say two inches, and continue to keep them in
the mixture for fully one hour; then pass the squares of meat either
on a silver, plated, or other metal skewer, and roast or broil over a
slow charcoal fire, basting the whole time with ghee, to allow the
kawab to become of a rich brown colour, without burning or being
singed in the basting. Remove from the skewer, and serve hot.
46.—Tick-keeah Kawab
Take two pounds of fat beef, wash it, cut it into small pieces, and
pound it to a pulp, remove all fibres, &c., and then add to it one
teaspoonful of ground onion, a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground
turmeric, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of ground garlic, a quarter of a
teaspoonful of ground chilies, half a teaspoonful of ground
peppercorns, a quarter of a teaspoonful of ground ginger, half a
teaspoonful of ground hot spices, and one tablespoonful of tyre or
dhye.
Mix the whole well together, add salt to your taste, and
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