"Keema" means minced meat in Hindi and usually refers to a fabulous dish of minced lamb with peas. The dish is traditionally served with a side of rice. In our fusion version we've chucked the rice and instead serve the minced lamb on a hamburger bun, just like an American sloppy joe. Instead of ketchup we top the dish off with coriander chutney. Mmmm, mmm.
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Ingredients
1 lb. ground lamb
1 cup uncooked peas, fresh or frozen
1 cup diced tomatoes
3/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
1 tsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp olive or canola oil
1 Tbsp curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp each ground coriander, cinnamon, ground cumin, black pepper, red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 tsp sugar
Coriander chutney
4 hamburger buns
Steps
1. Fry onion, ginger and garlic in the oil until mixture starts to brown
2. Stir in curry powder, turmeric, cinnamon, coriander and cumin
3. Add meat and cook until it loses all pink color (~5-10 mins)
4. Pour the fat out of the pan
5. Add tomatoes, lime juice, sugar, black pepper and red pepper flakes
6. Cover and simmer for 30 mins
7. Add peas and cook for 5-10 mins until peas are done
8. Separate finished keema equally onto 4 hamburger buns
9. Spread coriander chutney on top and serve
Serves 4
