One quart of chicken, veal, or calf's-head broth. One small onion, minced. A pinch of mace. Half a cupful of soaked rice. Juice of a lemon. One generous tablespoonful of brown roux. One teaspoonful of curry powder. Salt to taste. One teacupful of strained tomato-juice.

Cook the rice half an hour in the broth with the onion and tomato-juice. Stir in seasoning, lemon-juice, and roux, lastly the curry powder. Boil one minute, and serve.

Send around ice-cold bananas with this dish.