Deccan Meat Burtas

Serves:

Ingredients:

1 lg Onion, boiled
1 lb Cooked meat or fish
1 ts Salt
1 ts Lemon juice
2 oz Butter
Cayenne pepper
Mace

Method:

Pound the onion well.
Next pound the meat or fish (underdone beef is best), add as much pepper as will stand on a silver threepenny piece, the same of mace, the salt and a few drops of lemon juice.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add all the ingredients, and cook very slowly for about 1/4 hour.
Serve on buttered toast or fried bread.