Chicken keema

Ingredients

• Bay Leaf (whole)

  1 leaf or 100g

• Ginger & Garlic Paste

  Swad

  1 tsp or 5g

• Garam Masala Blend

  Private Selection

  4 ½ tsp or 9g

• Cinnamon Sticks

  Castella

  1 serving or 100g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Cardamom

  Spices

  1 tsp, ground or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  4 dash or 0.4g

• Green peppers

  Hot chili, raw

  1 pepper or 45g

• Onions

  Raw

  ¾ cup, chopped or 120g

• Tomatoes

  Green, raw

  1 medium or 123g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ⅝ tsp or 2g

• Chicken

  Meijer

  250g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Turmeric

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Ground chicken

  Raw

  4 oz or 113g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  2 tbsp or 2g

Directions

1. Pour oil to a pan and heat it. Add the whole spices and saute till they begin to sizzle.
2. Add onions and green chilli. Fry until the onions turn golden.
3. Next add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes off.
4. Transfer the chopped tomatoes, fry until softened. If tomatoes are dry, sprinkle very little water.
5. Add chili powder and masala powder, mint leaves and fry until the raw smell of tomatoes go off.
6. Set the onion tomato mixture to a plate.
7. Add back the bay leaf and minced meat, turmeric and salt.
8. Cover and cook on a low heat till the qeema is soft cooked in its own moisture. If needed sprinkle little water.
9. Add back the onion tomato mixture. Mix everything well.
10. Cook covered on a low flame till minced meat and onion tomato mixture blends well. This depends on the quantity of moisture left in the pan. To make dry keema curry, cook tiil all the moisture evaporates.
11. How to make chicken keema gravy
12. To make a gravy version of the chicken keema recipe, pour coconut milk or cashew milk and cook till the curry thickens. To make smooth cashew milk, blend cashew nuts with little water.
13. If using cream, pour the cream in a bowl, add little keema to the cream first. stir it and then add it to the pan. This way it doesn't curdle. Add chopped coriander leaves.Serve with rice or roti, naan
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