Beef Keema

Submitted by dicentra

"According to Wilkipedia, "Keema is a traditional home cooked dish in northern India and Pakistan. It is minced lamb curry served with peas or potatoes. Originally Qeema in Urdu means mince meat. It may be mutton, lamb, beef or chicken. Thus Qeema of any meat can either be cooked in stew form, made into kababs, fried or barbecued." This is from one of my Food & Wine cookbooks. This dish is often made with lamb and served with naan or pitas. They say to serve it with a fruity Beaujolais."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 29.58 ml cooking oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 14.79 ml fresh ginger, chopped
• 680.38 g ground beef
• 12.32 ml ground coriander
• 12.32 ml ground cumin
• 1.23 ml black pepper
• 2.46 ml turmeric
• 0.61 ml ground cinnamon
• 7.39 ml salt
• 453.59 g potato, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 236.59 ml plain yogurt
• 177.44 ml whole milk
• 177.44 ml peas
• 7.39 ml lemon juice
• 118.29 ml fresh cilantro, chopped

directions

1. In a large deep frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the onion and cook until starting to soften, about 3 minutes.
2. Stir in the garlic and ginger and cook 1 minute longer. Add the beef and cook until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Drain off any fat.
3. Add the coriander, cumin, pepper, turmeric, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of the salt to the pan. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the potatoes, yogurt and milk.
4. Bring just to a boil. Cover the pan. Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 20 minutes. Uncover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
5. Stir in the peas and the remaining ½ teaspoon salt. Simmer until the peas are just done, about 2 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice and cilantro and serve.

Reviews

[bjschlat]

If you are trying out Indian dishes, try this. The flavors & textures are wonderful. I call this "comfort food."

 

[anomdo]

Thoroughly enjoyed this meal. First time cooking with milk. Was a bit sceptical at first was I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. Only used one large potato cut in 16pcs and used 1 teaspoon of chilli powder to take the heat factor up a notch. Definately will be cooking this one again soon. Thanks for sharing Dicentra!

 

[Needles]

Loved this recipe. Made it with ground lamb and served it with basmati rice -- great meal and leftovers were yummy too. Thanks for a keeper!

 

[ummrabiah]

This was really good. I substituted red pepper for the black peppeer and had to leave out the cumin since I was out of it.

 

[Bungy]

I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe - it was something special to do with some extra beef mince, and enjoyed by the whole family. I'll also try it with different base meats, but I thought the ground beef was fine!