Indian Dry Curry Recipe

• 2 pounds beef
• 4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 1 onion
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• 2 chopped gherkins
• 1 dessertspoon chutney
• 1 saltspoon salt
• Juice of½ lemon
• ½ pint thin brown sauce or gravy

1. Melt vegetable shortening in stewpan, put in sliced onion and fry for a few minutes.
2. Then add meat, cut in small pieces, and fry all together for about 10 minutes.
3. Now sprinkle curry over meat and stir contents of saucepan over heat for another 5 minutes.
4. The gherkins, chutney, and salt and any sauce or gravy may now be added. Stewpan must be set over very slow heat about 1 hour; by that time, meat should be quite tender.
5. Add lemon juice and dish up.
6. Serve with plainly boiled rice.

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