Keema (Indian Ground Beef Curry)

Copy/Pasting from my cooking blog ( http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/taunto )where I share authentic Indian/Pakistani/Arabic recipes. Most of the recipes are handed down to me by Late mother, my sister or my sister in law. Hope you enjoy it!


This recipe is shared by my sister-in-law. Keema is a very popular dish in Indian/Pakistan/Afghanistan and is very cheap to make, plus it can be fairly low in calories because you get huge servings out of little amount of beef.

Ingredients

Onions 2 large or 3 medium. Very thinly sliced
2 cloves (optional but they add a nice flavor and and arom)
4 black pepper corns
1 tsp cumin seed
1 tbsp ginger+garlic paste. Can use fresh garlic/ginger too
2 lbs ground beef (I used 15% fat but you can go lower leaner. Infact I encourage leaner. Any higher % fat ground beef is too much for Keema)
1.5 tsp red chilli pepper powder (Use cayan pepper if you got it)
2 tsp ground coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala (can use curry powder though I wouldn't recommend it)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 tomatoes depending on size finely sliced
3 medium sized potatos into small cubes
2 tbsp olive oil
salt
cilantro

Recipe

Brown the onions in olive oil. Once they change the color to golden brown add pepper corns, cumin seed and cloves. Add ground beef and giner/garlic. Let it fry in its own fat along with onions till all the water is evaporated

Once there is almost no water left, add the spices (chilli pepper powder, salt, coriander powder, garam masala and turmeric powder). Stir it up and cook the meat with the spices for a few.

Add Tomatoes and about 1 cup of water and let it cook on slow heat for about 20 minutes. Add the potatos and about 1 more glass water. Let it cook for another 20 minutes or till you feel the potatos are very tender. Ideally you want to have a bit of a liquidy curry since you will be serving this with bread or rice however if you want less liquidy Keema you can let the water evaporate more. Add cilantros and have at it

I usually eat this with home-made chapati (Indian bread, very easy to make) or rice but you can use this for tacos and burritos too.



Nutrition info per serving
This recipe makes about 8 servings

Calories 357
Carbs: 19
Fat: 21
Protein: 23
Fiber: 2