Keema curry

Serves 3 Keema curry is our favorite dish.This is great with chapati or rice and sambar or rasam. Keema curry is simple and delicious way to cook minced meat.

< Ingredients Minced meat ------ 200gm Onion ------- 1no (medium size)-finely cut Tomato ------- 1no ( small size) - finely cut Mustard seeds ------- 1tsp Cumin seeds ------- 1 tsp Turmeric powder ------ 1 tsp Red chilli ------- 1 no Cashew nuts ------ few Curry leaves ------ few Oil ------- 4 to 5 tbsp( gingely oil ) Salt ----- to taste <

To grind: Red chillies ------ 2 to 3 nos Cinnamon ------- 1 inch Cumin seeds ------ 1tbsp Black pepper ------- 4 - 5nos Coriander powder ------- 1 tbsp Curry leaves ------- few Coconut --------- 2 tbsp ( grated ) Ginger ------- 1 inch Garlic cloves ------- 5-6 nos Grind all ingredients to a paste. Method:

Heat a pan in medium flame, add minced meat and saute till the water dries out from the meat, the meat would be half cooked. Remove the pan from flame.

Take a kadai and heat with 4-5 tbsp of oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli, curry leaves, onion, turmeric powder and saute for 1 minute.

Then add tomato, ground paste, half cooked minced meat, salt and 2-3cups water.

Cooks in simmer flame till oil oozes out from gravy.

Garnish with roasted cashew nuts and coriander leaves.