Beef Keema Curry | Bangladeshi Style Brunch

One of my favorite deshi breakfast/brunches!

This homey beef keema curry is packed with flavor. Savory ground beef beautifully browned with potatoes in the most delicious spices and aromatics. Serve with some eggs, and ruti, or store bought flour tortillas in my case, and you’ve got a top notch meal ready to go.

You can eat these with ruti (roti), porotas (parathas), naan, store bought bread, or any kind of rice.

Make it into rolls, a sandwich, or put it in burger buns like a sloppy joe. Really so many options with this one. Just make sure to take out all your whole spices before serving, you definitely don’t want to bite into those in the middle.

This beef keema also goes perfectly with white rice and some daal, maybe even a nice egg curry. Find your favorite combo!

You can watch the whole process in the video below

INGREDIENTS  

• 1 lb ground beef
• 3 tbsp oil (or to taste)
• 1 large red/white onion (about 1 cup sliced)
• 1 tbsp ginger paste/minced
• 1 tbsp garlic paste/minced
• 2 small cinnamon stick
• 2 small bay leaves
• 3 cardamom pods
• 2 cloves
• 1-2 tomatoes chopped (optional)
• 1 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp red chili powder (or to taste)
• Pinch of black pepper
• 4 small potatoes (2:1 ratio to beef)
• 2 tsp salt (or to taste)
• 1/4 tsp gorom mosholla garam masala
• 3-7 green chilis (split)
• chopped cilantro (optional)
• lime wedges (for serving, optional)

INSTRUCTIONS 

Heat your pan on medium high, pour in some oil, and add in your sliced onions. fry till they start to brown

then add in your bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, and cloves. Fry for a minute,

add in your ginger and garlic paste. Add a bit of water if needed to keep it from burning and fry until the raw smells are gone.

Then, add in a splash of water, your turmeric, red chili, cumin, and coriander powder. Reduce.

Once your a water reduces, fry the masala in the oil for half a minute, then add in more water and repeat this step a few times.

Reduce, then add in your ground beef and break it up into very small pieces,

Fry in the masala as you go. You can do this on high heat so the beef doesn’t give off too much water and gets a nice fry in the oil.

Then once your beef is nicly browned, add in your potato cubes. Fry the cubes in the oil until they get a little brown

Add in 1/4-1/2 cup water and your salt. Simmer until the potatoes are almost fully cooked.

Then add in another splash of water, some gorom mosholla (garam masala), and split green chilis,

Fish out all of your whole spices, most should float to the top in water, and let the curry simmer until almost all of the water reduces, you can also keep this as soupy as you want. Garnish with some chopped cilantro and it’s ready to serve!