South Asian-Style Ground Beef (Keema)

This easy beef and potato curry is ready in less than an hour.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 280 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 onions, diced
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 potatoes, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter, or more to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.25 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 cinnamon stick
• 1.5 tablespoons curry powder

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a large wok or skillet over high heat; saute onions and garlic until onions are almost transparent, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Combine curry powder, salt, turmeric, cayenne pepper, black pepper, ginger, and cinnamon in a bowl.

Step 3

Stir ground beef into onion mixture and cook, breaking beef into small crumbles, until beef is cooked through and browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add curry mixture to ground beef mixture and stir well.

Step 4

Mix potatoes and tomatoes into ground beef mixture, reduce heat to medium, cover wok, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.