Preparation
I oz butter
1/2 pound sliced young carrots large onion, finely sliced
1½ clove garlic
1 tablespoon rice
3-4 springs of parsley (or 1 level tablespoon dried
parsley)
thinly peeled rind from ½ orange 1 ½ orange
11/ - 1% pints chicken or white stock

a large pinch of sugar
Juice of ½ orange

Liaison
2 egg yolks
½ pints single cream
:
Garnish
finely grated nnd of 1/2 orange
2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1. Melt the butter and add vegetables, crushed garlic and rice. Mix well over gentle heat for 5 minutes without browning. Add the parsley, orange rind, stock, sugar and seasonings. Bring soup to the boil. Then lower heat, and simmer for 30-40 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
2. Put soup into electric blender and blend until smooth, or put through moulie. Return to pot, and reheat, adding orange juice.
3. If soup is not thick enough, add cream and egg yolk liaison: Mix the egg yolks and cream well. Put a few spoons of hot soup into the liaison. Then strain back into soup, stirring constantly. Reheat soup without allowing to boil.
4. Serve in soup cups, sprinkled with grated orange rind and parsley.

Preparation: Shell and devein prawns. Add ½ cup water to prawns and dried chilies and cook for 6 minutes on High (100%), stirring once to distribute heat. Allow to cool then blend prawns with chili. Roast fennel for 1 minute on (100%). Roast grated coconut in a shallow plate for 8 minutes on (100%), stirring halfway through the cycle. Grind coconut and fennel with a little water to a fine paste. Peel and chop shallots finely.

Preparation:
Mix prawn-chili mixture with coconut-fennel paste, egg yolks, chopped curry leaves, salt, pepper and lime juice. You may need a little flour to blind the mixture if it is too runny.
Divide mixture into 20 small oval cakes the size of small hen’s eggs. Flatten slightly, dip in egg white and roll in breadcrumbs.
Preheat a browning dish for 6 minutes on (100%). Add 2 tablespoons oil and heat for 1 minute on (100%). Cook patties for 3 minutes on (100%). Let them stand before serving.

Note: contrary to microwave beliefs, this recipe proves that patties may be made in a microwave-browning dish, using very little oil. The end product is the same as the deep-fried version, with one difference, minus the oil it is a decided dieter’s delight.