Keema Indian Recipe with Cardamom
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I always like to find something different to fix the family. I usually try to travel around the globe for dinner ideas for the week so no one gets tired of any dish. My daughter is just like me. She asked the other night why we don’t have Mexican food every night. Both of us could eat Mexican food every night. We both love it. Especially if it involves queso of some kind. However, my husband like a variety of food.
This week we traveled to India for a different flavor with ground beef called Keema. I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com App on my phone when I was looking for recipes with cardamom. I purchased this on major sale at Sprouts. See my shopping trip here. I love that I can have my phone in the kitchen with me while I cook and view the recipe without having to print it out and waste toner and paper. Plus I have my recipes with me where ever I go.
According to some of the reviews this is not a traditional way to make this Keema dish and I did a few things different too to make it my own recipe. This made enough to feed all five of us with small leftovers.
Ingredients for Keema Recipe:
1 lbs. Ground Beef
1 onion Finely chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
½ table spoon Cardamom
¼ table spoon cinnamon
¼ table spoon cloves
A pinch of nutmeg
1 cup or 8 oz of tomato sauce
¾ cup beef broth (I used chicken because that is what I had. Still very tasty)
How to make Keema:
1. In a large heavy skillet over medium heat, cook onions and garlic until onions are soft and translucent around 5mon.
2. Then add the beef and cook until evenly brown breaking apart with spoon until crumbled. Drain excess fat.
3. Stir in Cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. (I measured it all so it fit in one table spoon)
4. Stir in tomato sauce and broth. Continue to cook on a lower heat until most of the liquid had evaporated reducing the sauce.
Keema can be served over rice or noodles. Depends what you have the most of in your pantry. This is fabulous burst of flavor from the traditional foods we are used to eating. The husband and the kids loved this Keema recipe. The Cardamom can be expensive. I purchased just a little while it was on sale and that will make four to five dishes. Supper yummy and something different from what you might normally eat. I just love it. This keema meal is now in our meal rotation.
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The Vintage Chateau says
October 19, 2011 at 9:27 pmOur family traveled all throughout India a couple of years ago and the food was all so flavorful and fragrant.I'll have to give your recipe a try and see what memories it brings back!
Karee
MelissaAggie98 says
October 19, 2011 at 10:22 pmThanks so much for dropping by the Be-Bop-A Blog Hop! I'm a follower and I hope you'll stop by again soon! Have a great day! 🙂
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Amy says
October 20, 2011 at 1:40 amThanks! This reminds me of Indian restaurants my Indian friends would take me to. I hope this brings back some memories.
Jen at A Heart Full of Love says
October 20, 2011 at 10:38 amThanks for visiting! I am a new follower. I am going to have to share a new recipe on your linky, while I am here 🙂 Have a good day!
Johnlyn ~ Frugality and Homemaking says
October 20, 2011 at 12:53 pmDarn! I guess I shouldn't have given away the cardamon I picked up really cheap!
I didn't know what to do with it and my friend was saying how expensive it was so I gave it to her.
Ms Bibi says
October 21, 2011 at 1:49 pmI just bought a bottle of cardamon (something I usually don't have around) the other day so I just might give this a try.
Amy says
October 21, 2011 at 2:08 pmGreat Bibi! I hope you enjoy finding new recipes with this spice. It is very fragrant and very flavorful. It is hard to describe the flavor, but you will love it.
Time2EatYall says
October 22, 2011 at 9:07 amThis sounds like something fun to try. The spices seem like a neat combination. Thanks for sharing!