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Madras rice

Name: Madras rice
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g egg-plant or aubergine; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 4 slices smoked ham; 250 g liquid cream; 1 tablespoon curry powder; 400 g cooked rice

Slices of sautéed aubergine and the lovely yellow colour from the curry spices bring a hint of India to this rice dish, given a twist with a little fried ham.

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Duration

28 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g egg-plant or aubergine
2 3 tablespoons olive oil
3 4 slices smoked ham
4 250 g liquid cream
5 1 tablespoon curry powder
6 400 g cooked rice
Total weight: 1,120 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

8 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

28 min.

Preparation 8 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rinse 300 g egg-plant or aubergine and cut into fairly thick slices.

As you can see in the photo, I am using the delicious, long, purple aubergines that are sometimes available. I find them more interesting than the usual dark variety.

Step 2 - ⌛ 8 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add the sliced aubergines.

Brown on both sides, then salt and pepper at the end of cooking.

Set aside.

Step 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Use the same pan to fry the ham on both sides.

Set aside.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Still using the same pan, without washing it (to make the most of the cooking juices left), pour in 250 g liquid cream.

Bring to the boil while deglazing the bottom of the pan thoroughly, then add 1 tablespoon curry powder and mix well.

Step 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add 400 g cooked rice and mix well...

Step 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

...then leave to reduce a little until the rice has absorbed most of the cream.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Finish by adding the ham and aubergines.

Step 8

Serve without delay.

Remarks

If you find the curry flavour a bit too strong for your liking, you can use turmeric on its own instead.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	3 g RDI=5 %	5 g RDI=2 %	17 g RDI=24 %	189 kcal RDI=9 %	790 kJ RDI=9 %
Per person	9 g RDI=13 %	14 g RDI=5 %	48 g RDI=66 %	528 kcal RDI=26 %	2,209 kJ RDI=26 %
Whole recipe	34 g RDI=53 %	57 g RDI=22 %	193 g RDI=265 %	2,111 kcal RDI=106 %	8,838 kJ RDI=106 %