Cold Curried Prawns

Name: Cold Curried Prawns
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 8–12 oz (225–350 g) prepared prawns; ¼ pint (1½ dl) mayonnaise; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon apricot jam; 2 tablespoons single cream; juice of ½ lemon; ¼ tablespoon salt; 4 tablespoons prepared oil and vinegar dressing; 1 oz (25 g) butter; 1 level teaspoon castor sugar; 2 level tablespoons curry powder; 1 level teaspoon flour; 4 tablespoons water; 8 oz (225 g) long grain rice; 1 rounded teaspoon concentrated tomato purée

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookery Book

By Katie Stewart

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

8–12 oz (225–350 g) prepared prawns
8 oz (225

Starter
Spicy

Method

Prepare the prawns; peel fresh and thaw frozen ones. Plain-boil the rice for 8–10 minutes in salted water or until tender, then drain. Mix with the oil and vinegar dressing, and allow to cool.

Melt the butter for the curry mayonnaise in a saucepan, add the onion and sauté very gently for about 5 minutes to soften the onion. Stir in the flour and curry powder, and fry for a further few m