Ground Beef Curry

A rich authentic tasting curry, but easy to make.

• Ready In: 47 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup canola oil
• 2  cups  pureed onions (2 large)
• 1 1⁄2 cups tomato puree (2 large plus 1 medium)
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1  cup  whipping cream
• 1  lb  extra lean ground beef
• 3  ounces raw sugar (1/2 cup chopped and packed)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried mint

Directions

1. Heat oil in a medium heavy bottomed frying pan on medium high heat for 1 minute. Add onions and saute, stirring regularly, for 15 minutes until brown. Add tomatoes, cumin, salt, turmeric and cayenne and saute for 5 minutes until oil glistens.
2. Add cream, stir well and cook for 4-5 minutes. Break up ground beef and add it to curry. Cook for 6 minutes, then check to make sure beef is cooked to desired tenderness ( don't over cook beef or it will become hard and loose tenderness).
3. Stir in raw sugar and mint, cook until sugar melts into beef. Turn off heat. Cool 5 minutes cover with lid. Serve with basmati rice.
4. (I prefer to use canned or jarred pureed tomatoes in this dish. If you cannot find raw sugar use a couple pinches of granulated sugar -- sometimes I like to omit the sugar all together.).
5. Can use lean ground beef if extra lean is not available.