Recipe: Delicious Beef Keema Curry

Beef Keema Curry. With beef mince, tomatoes and peas, this classic keema curry recipe is great for spicing up weeknight dinners. Serve simply with rice and yogurt, or freeze for another day. Although this ground-meat curry is often made with lamb, we've found that the distinctive combination of spices tastes just as good with beef.

Beef Keema Curry Add the onion, ginger, garlic and curry. All you need to make this curry is a pound of ground beef, onion, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, peas (I used frozen peas), chicken stock, and a handful of fresh cilantro. Keema is an Indian ground beef or lamb curry recipe simmered with peas, potatoes, tomatoes, coconut milk, and spices. "Keema" translates to minced meat (aka ground meat) and the traditional variations are prepared with either peas (keema matar) or potatoes (keema aloo) or in the case of this particular recipe, both. You can cook Beef Keema Curry using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef Keema Curry

  1. You need 2 tbsp of Olive oil.
  2. You need 1 of large brown onion, finely diced.
  3. You need 3 of garlic cloves, finely diced.
  4. Prepare 1 can of coconut milk.
  5. It's 1 can of chopped tomatoes.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
  7. It's 1 tbsp of grated fresh ginger.
  8. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of tomato paste.
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp of curry powder (not heaped).
  10. Prepare 1 cup of frozen peas.
  11. It's 2 tbsp of freshly chopped coriander, plus extra for garnish.
  12. You need 500 g of mince beef.
  13. It's 1 tsp of garam masala.
  14. It's 3-4 of medium potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters.
  15. It's to taste of Freshly ground black pepper.
  16. You need to taste of Salt.

Ground Beef Curry with Peas (Keema Matar) Keema matar or matar keema is a traditional Pakistani dish made with ground mince and peas in a dry style gravy. It can be served with either rice or roti. Stir in onion, jalapeno pepper, curry, garlic, ginger, and bay leaves. Add the beef, breaking up lumps with a spoon, and saute until the meat is no longer pink.

Beef Keema Curry step by step

  1. Heat the oven to 200c. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Place the potatoes onto the tray and toss with olive oil and a little bit of salt. Bake for 30 minutes or until soft and golden brown. Gently stir once half way through..
  2. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat and add the beef. Make sure the beef sizzles and fry's rather than stews. Cook through for about 5-6 minutes. Stir frequently..
  3. Next add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for about another 5 minutes..
  4. Add all the dry spices, tomato paste and seasoning. Stir until fragrant for about a minute or so..
  5. Next add the coconut milk and chopped tomatoes. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook on low until sauce has thickened for about 60 minutes or so. Stir occasionally..
  6. 10 minutes before removing from the heat add in the peas and potatoes..
  7. Remove from the heat and add the coriander..
  8. Serve with rice and a naan bread. Garnish with coriander. A sprinkle of lime juice can also be added..

Try this keema curry sauce with lamb keema or perhaps try another. It will still taste just like those you get at the best curry houses. You might like to try it with this turkey keema. Beef, chicken, even Quorn are all good. If you are eating light, I suggest trying it with my turkey keema recipe.