Recipes from Hubby's Grandmother's Recipe Box (3)

This recipe was printed on a card from a homemaker's magazine. I assume it's from one of those inserts that you can detach and put in a recipe box, book or folder. I've never seen this one before...it's a main dish.

Tuna Curry in Rice Ring

1/4 cup snipped parsley

5 cups hot cooked rice*

2 7-ounce cans solid-pack tuna, drained

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon celery seed

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

1 teaspoon minced onion

1 tablespoon minced parsley

                                                       6 tablespoons PREAM (Annie's note: I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up. It's coffee creamer.)

4 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon curry powder

1 3/4 cups water

With fork, lightly stir 1/4 cup parsley into hot race; gently pack rice mixture into greased 1-quart ring mold**. Let stand 1 to 2 minds.; invert onto heated platter and keep warm while preparing Tuna Curry. In a small bowl, combine tuna, lemon juice, celery seed, mustard and 1 tablespoon parsley; let stand for 5 mins. In saucepan, combine PREAM, flour and curry powder. Add water; cook and stir until mixture boils and is thickened. Add tuna mixture; blend and heat thoroughly. fill center of rice ring with Tuna Curry. Makes 5 to 6 servings.

*Use 1 1/4 curs raw regular or processed rice or 2 1/2 cups packaged precooked rice prepared according to package directions. 

**If ring mold is not available, spoon rice onto heated platter to form ring.

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