Quick Recipe for Kheema/Mince with Peas and Potatoes
Quick recipe for Kheema/Mince with Peas and Potatoes
Servings 6 People
Ingredients
- 1 kg Mince(Either Beef, Chicken or Mutton. I have used Beef Mince)
- 3 Large Potatoes(cut into 1 inch sized cubes)
- 200 gms or approx 1.5 cups Green peas(after peeling)
- 4 Large onions(chopped fine)
- 2 Medium sized Tomatoes(chopped fine)
- 8-10 Green chillies(chopped fine)
- 8-10 Garlic cloves(chopped fine)
- 12-15 Curry leaves
- 2 tbspn Ginger Garlic Paste
- 3 tbsp Jeerem Meerem Powder(recipe given below)
- 2 Veg Bouillon cubes
- 1 tspn Turmeric Powder
- 2 tspn Chilly Powder
- 1/2 cup Vinegar
- 1 tbspn Tomato Ketchup or 1.5 tspn Sugar
- 1/2 cup Fresh Coriander Leaves with stem(chopped fine. Very important ingredient)
- Salt as per taste(i used around 1.5 tspn sea/fat salt)
- 4 tbspn Oil(I use 2 tbspn Ghee and 2 tbspn oil)
- 3 Cups Water(you can alter the quantity as per your preferred consistency)
Instructions
- In a wide skillet, add the Onions, Tomatoes, Chillies, Garlic, Curdy leaves and Oil, give it a mix and place it on medium flame
- Once the onions start turing translucent, add the ginger garlic paste, mix well and put the lid on
- Once the raw smell of the ginger garlic paste begins to reduce, add the Beef Mince, Turmeric powder, Chilly powder, Jeerem Meerem powder, Vinegar, Veg cubes, water(add only 2 cups, you can add more later ) and green peas. Mix it well and let it cook. Put the lid on
- As soon as it starts boiling, add the potatoes, mix well and put the lid on
- After about 20-25 minutes, check if more water is required, you can add it if you like. If you like it abit dry, don't add more water.
- Add the chopped coriander and mix it well and now keep the skillet open and let it boil. Check for salt, Vinegar, etc. add it at this stage if required
- Once the potatoes and peas and fully cooked, turn off the gas flame
- Enjoy this super delicious Home style Kheema with some Hot Chapatis, Bread, Rice, Pulao or Parathas!
- Note:- Mince doesn't take too much time to cook. Hence, the checkpoint is the potatoes and peas. Once these two are ready, the Mince is ready!
Follow these steps to make the Jeerem Meerem Powder
- Add the following into to a mixer grinder*100gms Cumin seeds*100gms Pepper corns*50gms Cloves (if its too strong, you can add about 25-30gms)*50gms Cinnamon (if you don’t like the cinnamon flavor much, add only 30gms)-Grind all these ingredients to a fine powder-Transfer this spice mix into an Air Tight container -As soon as the powder is ready, it will be hot, due to the pressure of the mixer rotation. Please wait until the spice powder has turned completely cool and only then cover it with a lid-You can use Jeerem Meerem powder to make curries, chilly fries, cutlets, etc. Add the required quantity as per your taste(Please use only a DRY spoon while removing the Jeerem Meerem powder from the Air Tight container)-Jeerem Meerem powder should be stored in a dry place. It can be stored up to 1 year.
Follow these steps to make the Ginger Garlic Paste
- Add the following into a mixer grinder*100 gms Garlic (skinned and roughly chopped)*60 gms Ginger (thoroughly washed and roughly chopped. Some people like to remove the skin of the ginger. I don't. However, you can do it the way you are comfortable :)-Grind these two ingredients to a thick fine paste-Transfer this paste into an Air Tight container-As soon as the paste is ready, it will be hot, due to the pressure of the mixer rotation. Please wait until the paste has turned completely cool and only then cover it with a lid-Ginger Garlic paste should be stored in the refrigerator. It can be stored up to 15-20 days