Keema pao is a tasty, popular street food consisting of spicy mince with bread. For the final day of my healthy Ramadan recipe week with Radikal Kitchen, she has provided us with a recipe for keema pao which can be served as part of main meal or eaten as a spicy snack.
Keema Pao Recipe
2017-06-16 17:49:13
Serves 4
Cook Time
40 min
Ingredients
- 500g minced meat (lean)
- 1 cup shelled green peas (frozen)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 4 cloves
- 4 green cardamom –crushed
- A small piece of cinnamon
- 4 peppercorns
- 1 black cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 1tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1tsp cumin powder
- 1tbsp Garam masala
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- One handful of chopped coriander leaves to garnish
- 6 brown buns/ pao
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan and all whole spices (cloves, cinnamon, peppercorn, cardamoms and bay leaves).
- When the seeds start to splutter, add the garlic, ginger and onions, and stir-fry till the oil separates. This takes about 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and continue to fry on medium heat
- Now add the spices and salt. You can add 2tbsps of water if the paste is sticking to the base of the pan.
- Continue to stir-fry another 5 minutes. Now increase heat to high and add the mince.
- Cook the mince for 10 minutes, stir regularly till the mince looks dark brown. Now add the frozen peas and cook on medium heat for another 15 minutes.
- Serve hot, garnished with chopped coriander leaves.
- Take the pao or buns, put a generous amount of mince on top and garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
- You can spread some fresh coriander chutney on the bun/pao to enhance the tanginess.
- You can make this dish with chicken mince too!
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