Ground Beef Curry - Khin's Kitchen - Indian Keema Curry (2024)

Delicious Indian-style ground beef curry for a busy weeknight dinner! Moist juicy ground beef ( minced beef ) and potatoes cooked in aromatic curry sauce. This humble curry dish is super fast, easy, and incredibly delicious.

I love making recipes with ground beef as it is very nutritious, easy to cook, less time consuming, and budget-friendly. Here are more of our favourite Mongolian Ground Beef and Chilli Pepper Beef, ground beef recipes you can try out.

This dish is also known as Keema Curry or Keema Aloo Curry in Indian. What I love about this dish is it's great for meal prep and you can cook one day ahead.

This recipe is adapted from my grandma's family recipe and a bit of my personal twist. I fried the potatoes before simmering them together with the beef mince to prevent them from getting mushy. Used both fresh tomatoes and tomato puree to bring more colour and flavour to the curry paste.

Why you need to try this ground beef curry recipe?

• It takes only 10 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking time, you will achieve the best Indian-style Keema curry with minimum effort just in 30 minutes. It's just so easy to prepare, versatile, aromatic and so flexible.
• The list of spices and seasonings you need for this recipe is very short and so easy to make. This curry is a must keeper for busy days!
• Spiced the dish with simple cupboard friendly spices, turmeric, garam masala, cumin/jeera powder, and chilli powder but not extremely spicy.
• I've made this recipe for my friends and family quite a lot of times and everyone enjoyed it. It has been regular in our meal rotation. One of the most warming and filling comfort food that everyone loves.

What Goes In The Dish

Meat:I love to use lean ground beef for this recipe. You can use either minced beef with a bit of fat percentage, lamb, chicken, turkey, or any mincemeat you wish!

Vegetables: Potato cubes and green peas are ideal vegetables to add. Carrot, squash, pumpkin, chayote, eggplant, courgette go well too. You just need to cut into small cubes.

Spices:You will need 4 simple spices, turmeric, chilli, cumin, and garam masala powder which you can easily find in any grocery or supermarket. Those are key spices that make the dish aromatic.

How To Make Ground Beef Curry

Here is the quick cooking process that takes under 20 minutes.

1. Sautéthe potatoes: Let's start with sauteing the potato until golden brown. You can skip this step and simmer together with beef mince but highly recommend to sautéthem as it can prevent them from mushy and retain their texture even they are fully cooked and tender.
2. Cook the meat and sauce: Sauté chopped onions and follow with the garlic and ginger paste. Then add the chopped tomatoes and tomato puree. Add the spice ingredients and minced beef.
3. Cook for few minutes until the beef colour changed into brown and add the cooked potatoes back in. Add warm water and simmer for 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Turn off heat and sprinkle chopped coriander and freshly ground pepper.

Curry Sauce Pro Tips

3 simple tips that you can try to make the flavourful curry sauce :

1. Use shallot onions and cook until soft and translucent then add the other ingredients so it will melt in the sauce easily.
2. Use both fresh tomatoes and tomato puree, as fresh tomatoes have a sweet, sour taste and tomato puree brings more flavour and deep red colour to the dish.
3. Always use warm water instead of cold water as cold water can stop the cooking process and harden the tomatoes and onions.

Most Asked Questions

For meal prep and cooking large batch

If you are serving a crowd, you can easily double or triple the amount of this recipe. You can make it one day ahead, keep it cool in the fridge with an air-tight container. It lasts in the fridge for up to 2-3 days. Reheat on the stove just before serving.

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