Goan Masala Kheema

Ingredients

• 2 lbs regular ground Beef
• 1.5 tbsps each of Ginger and Garlic paste
• Juice of 2 Limes
• 10 Kashmiri Chillies
• 2 inch stick of cinnamon
• 4 cardamons
• 2 tsps Cumin
• 2 tsps white poppy seeds or khus khus
• 1 tsp cloves (30)
• 1.5 tsps of Black Peppercorns (60)
• 1 tsp Turmeric
• 1 cup of roughly chopped Garlic (12 cloves)
• ½ cup of roughly chopped Ginger (2 inch piece)
• 1 cup of Goa Vinegar
• 1 stock cube
• 2 horizontally slit green chillies
• 2 cups diced Onions
• 1 cup cubed Potatoes

Instructions

1. Marinate the ground beef with salt, the juice of a lime and the ginger & garlic paste
2. Add the chillies, Cinnamon, cardamom, Cumin, Poppy seeds, cloves, black peppercorns, turmeric and process, followed by the Garlic, Ginger and half the vinegar
3. Boil the ground beef with one cup of water and cook till 75% done
4. If there’s any meat scum that floats to the top, just remove it – after it’s about 75% cooked just remove it from the heat
5. Add Salt to taste
6. Add some oil to another pan and just fry the cubed potatoes till half done, remove and drain on kitchen towel
7. Add the diced Onions and saute this till it gets nice and
8. Add the masala back into the pan
9. Add 1 cup of fresh diced tomatoes, give it a few moments to heat up and then mix everything together
10. Cook the masala base for 10 – 15 mins till the tomatoes have had a chance to soften and blend in with the masala
11. Add the boiled ground beef and the water back into the saute pan.
12. Mix this in and allow that masala mixture to coat the ground beef.
13. Add some water to my food processor and add this in as well.
14. Cover and cook
15. Add the stock cube and salt to taste
16. Add the juice of a lime
17. Add 1 cup of frozen peas,& the green chillies
18. Add the half cooked potatoes in cover in and allow it to cook
19. Garnish with Coriander