Kheema

Here is a quick, easy dish to make with ground beef, packed with delicious Indian flavors. You can disguise it for picky kids - or adults - as taco meat, burrito filling, or sloppy joes  :)

Kheema is a very popular Indian dish that you can make with just about any ground meat: beef, turkey, lamb, whatever you like. I happen to have ground bison on hand so I used that for dinner tonight, but my recipe below is for lean ground beef. There are so many different ways to prepare Kheema (depending on who you ask, where they are from, and who their grandmother is) but here is the recipe we like:

Kheema (Spicy Ground Meat)

You will need:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 medium onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 lb lean ground beef

2 tablespoons coriander powder

1 tablespoon cumin powder

1 tablespoon garam masala

1/2 teaspoon salt, or more as needed

1 medium tomato, finely chopped

1/4 cup peas, thawed if using frozen

1 tablespoon lime juice
cilantro leaves for garnish

Heat the oil in a wok, on medium heat, then add the cumin seeds. When cumin seeds start sputtering, add onion, ginger and garlic and fry for about a minute. Add meat, all the spices, and salt to taste. Cook until meat has browned well - about 6 or 7 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes and peas and cook until tomatoes have softened, about 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in lime juice. Garnish with cilantro leaves, and serve hot. It can be served with your carb of choice - flatbread, over rice, or as a fun alternative to taco meat, burrito filling, or sloppy joes! We had ours filled in Dosas (a thin Indian crepe-like food) for dinner tonight, pictured below, another recipe for another day!