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Ground Beef Curry (Kima Curry)
"This recipe is from one of my new favorite cookbooks, Extending the Table. The notes on this recipe say that this Swahili dish is served by a restaurant in the heart of Nairobi. I have only modified it to make the recipe fit into Zaar format, to preserve the authenticity of the recipe. This is a very mild, very easy to make curry."
photo by Storm Serpent
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 cup onion, sliced
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1⁄2 tablespoon curry powder
- 5 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tablespoon gingerroot, crushed
- 3 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup water
- salt
directions
- In a skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Saute onion and beef until browned. Drain fat.
- Add in curry powder, garlic, ginger, and tomatoes and fry briefly.
- Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Turn down heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes to blend the flavors.
- Serve over rice or with Chapatis.
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Reviews
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Very tasty! Made some subs for missing ingredients but still came out excellent.<br/><br/>Had to use a can of unsalted diced tomatoes since I didn't have whole and used a little ketchup instead of plain tomato paste. <br/><br/>I messed up part of the cooking instructions for the onions/beef (Forgot to put the oil first, whoops!) but it didn't seem to matter much. It's not a very spicy curry, which is perfect for me, since I'm kind of a spice-wimp. X3 but it's wonderful over some hot rice! -
I agree with everyone else's thoughts on the blandness. I quadrupled the curry, doubled the cinnamon, and added some hot pepper to spice it up. I served it with lime-cilantro rice and it was very good. Maybe the curry I had was just too bland - like some have suggested - curry paste may be a better option. -
simple and straight -forward, this dish had a delectable spiciness that had little to do with heat and more to do with depth of flavor. good weekday go to. -
Just what I was looking for. I doubled the meat and most spices, 4x the curry powder, added a few fresh hot peppers and fresh grated ginger. Also I used chick peas and carrots and 3 fresh tomatoes but didn't have paste. I also forgot to add the cilantro but no matter, everyone loved it! Fast and easy, thanks so much! A keeper for sure! -
This was good but with more spices added. It was bland as written. I doubled the cinnamon, added 1/2tsp of cardomom, fresh ginger with some powdered ginger, quite a bit of salt to taste and tripled the curry powder. It tasted wonderful with the Coconut Rice another poster recommended.
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Tweaks
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Very tasty! Made some subs for missing ingredients but still came out excellent.<br/><br/>Had to use a can of unsalted diced tomatoes since I didn't have whole and used a little ketchup instead of plain tomato paste. <br/><br/>I messed up part of the cooking instructions for the onions/beef (Forgot to put the oil first, whoops!) but it didn't seem to matter much. It's not a very spicy curry, which is perfect for me, since I'm kind of a spice-wimp. X3 but it's wonderful over some hot rice!
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This dish was easy to make but it was too mild for our taste. I used 1 tbsp of curry powder while cooking & then after I tasted it I added some cayenne pepper to it. I also used a 14oz can of diced tomatoes instead of fresh ones & added some chopped green peppers. Made for ZWT 4 -
oooh is this yummy. i like a drier curry than one sopping in sauce and its so easy to put together. I subbed galangal for ginger and used Recipe #174350 as the curry powder. Its a keeper! -
Wonderful ground beef curry! We are wimpy when it comes to highly seasoned or "hot" foods but this was perfect for us. The bit of heat was not overwhelming and the flavors were so fresh and nice. I used ground chuck. ginger powder, and parsley instead of cilantro. There were only 2 tomatoes in the fridge so I used petite diced tomatoes and added some of the juice. Served with brown rice and there is a bit left that I will have for lunch tomorrow. So easy to make and tastes great! Made and reviewed for ZWT 4. -
Very good, mild curry. I used a 14 fl oz tin of diced tomatoes instead of fresh tomatoes as tomatoes were out of season.
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