Kedgeree is a dish of cooked, flaked fish combined with boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, lemon juice, salt, and butter or cream, sometimes with sultanas added. It is a fish-and-rice dish most associated with British and Anglo-Indian breakfast cooking.
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Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)Date of the earliest known written recipe for the dish in Britain; its parent dish khichuri is far older and originated separately in South Asia. Origin RegionInferred from Dumfriesshire, the location of the earliest documented recipe book; the dish's Indian-derived culinary tradition originated separately in South Asia. Classification
Dietary SuitabilityContains Fish or Shellfish 1 Sources
1. Kedgeree - Wikipedia
History section, sentence naming the 1790 recipe book
The dish was listed as early as 1790 in the recipe book of Stephana Malcolm of Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire.
History section, sentence naming Dumfriesshire
The dish was listed as early as 1790 in the recipe book of Stephana Malcolm of Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedgeree (dietary-suitability)
Kedgeree is a dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, lemon juice, salt, butter or cream, and occasionally sultanas.
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