Curried Rice And Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
4 cups cooked white rice
3 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon curry powder
6 ham slices, medium thick
5 hard-boiled eggs
1/4 cup butter, for sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch, for sauce
1/4 teaspoon curry powder, for sauce
2 cups milk, divided for sauce

Preparation

Saute onion in butter or margarine. Cut the eggs into slices.
In bowl, mix rice, parsley, salt, curry and onion. Mix well.
Grease a large baking pan. Line the ham slices on the bottom in a single layer.
Spoon the rice mixture on top of the ham slices. Place the egg slices on top.
Make sauce; Melt butter. In a bowl, Combine the cornstarch, curry and 1/3 C milk. Mix.
stir the cornstarch mix into the butter. Add remaining milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir for 3 minutes.
Pour this mixture over the eggs. Cover. Bake 375F for 30 minutes.
Uncover. Bake for 10 more minutes.