Indian Lobster
Ingredients
- 1 cooked crayfish (lobster)
- 3 tablespoon butter
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 brown onion, chopped finely
- 1 stalk celery, strings removed and chopped finely
- 2 teaspoon curry powder
- salt
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup milk mixed with 2 1/2 cups fish stock or water
- 2 teaspoon cornflour mixed to a paste with a little water
- breadcrumbs
Instructions
Cut the crayfish in half, remove flesh and slice. Place shells in the oven to heat. In a saucepan, mix 1 tablespoon butter, garlic, onion, celery, curry powder and salt to taste. Stir until onion is tender. Add sugar, milk and stock, and cornflour paste, and heat, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens slightly. Add crayfish slices and heat through. Pile the mixture into heated shells, dot with remaining butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and brown under the griller. Serve with fluffy rice, lemon slices and chutney if liked. Serves 2