Friday, December 3, 2010

Minced meat with fresh herbs

This is a terrific recipe for a great meal. The main ingredients for this recipe are fresh herbs. Any recipe can turn out to be the best when you cook with fresh herbs. The best way to pick your herbs is to look for the freshness. Tear a piece, pinch and hold up to your nose, It should give out the strong aroma when you smell it. It's simple, it should look fresh, feel fresh and smell fresh. This recipe can be used as minced meat stuffing for the Samosas and stuffing for  Empanadas as well.

Ingredients:
Minced meat/ Kheema / lamb or beef - 1 lb
Onions - 2 finely chopped
Fresh mint - 1 bunch, washed, finely chopped
Fresh coriander - 1 bunch, washed, finely chopped
Green or fresh red chillies - 2 chopped ( adjust accordingly)
Dry red pepper flakes - 1/2 tsp
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Coriander pwd - 1 tsp
Chilli pwd - 1/4 tsp
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Pour oil in a pan, add cumin and red pepper flakes. Add minced meat and fry till the water evoporates and slightly browned. Add ginger garlic and fry for a min. Add salt, red chilli, coriander pwd and mix well. Add the onions, fresh herbs, green chillies and saute. Sprinkle garam masala and garnish and serve hot with roti or rice.

Note: I added onions at a later stage, because I didn't want them to melt away.

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