Amount
Ingredient
Preparation



1/4
cup
mayonnaise





2
teaspoons
curry powder

or to taste



1
pound
shrimp

small, cleaned, deveined, cooked



2
cups
honeydew melon

balls



1/2
cup
water chestnuts

slivered, drained



1 1/3
cup
conchiglie piccole pasta

cooked (small sea-shell macaroni, measure before cooking)

 Mix the curry powder into the mayonnaise.  Put the remaining ingredients in a large bowl.  Dress with the curried mayonnaise.  Chill 1-2 hours.
  
NOTES:  A cold pasta dish.  This salad is quick and easy.  It's best if made several hours before serving, to get the full curry flavor.  It's been a real hit at potlucks. 

A honeydew ball is a ball of honeydew melon that is scooped out of the flesh of the melon with a "balling spoon" or "melon baller."  

About 1 1/3 cups of conchiglie will make about three cups of cooked macaroni. 

Yield: serves 4 to 6