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Kedgeree

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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.

Facts
Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1790 1
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 Region
Scotland 1
Inferred from Dumfriesshire, the location of the earliest documented recipe book; the dish's Indian-derived culinary tradition originated separately in South Asia.
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains 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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