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Minced Meat Curry with Saffron Rice

5 from 9 votes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people
Calories 117 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 medium sized Potatoes
  • 2,5 tbsp Ghee or oil
  • 2 small Onions
  • 1 small Chilli pepper green
  • 1 small Red chilli pepper
  • 3 Garlic cloves
  • 3 cm Fresh ginger
  • 4 tbsp Water
  • 750 g Lamb minced meat
  • 0,5 tsp Ground turmeric spice
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 2 tsp Ground cumin
  • 1 tsp Ground cardamom
  • 0,5 tsp Chili powder
  • 0,5 tsp Clove powder
  • 2 tsp Coriander powder
  • 150 g Drained green canned peas
  • 2 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 125 ml Coconut milk thin
  • 250 g Basmati rice
  • 1 Knife point Saffron threads
  • 1 tbsp Ghee or oil
  • 1 small Onion
  • 4 Cloves
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 0,5 tsp Salt
  • 0,5 liter Water

Instructions
 

  • Peel the potatoes, cut into 2cm cubes. Heat the ghee or oil in a saucepan. Peel the onions and cut into rings. Halve the chili peppers (red and green), remove the seeds. Cut the chili peppers into strips. Peel the garlic cloves and chop finely. Ginger peel and finely chop . Add the chili peppers, garlic and ginger and simmer while stirring until soft. Add the potatoes and water, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the minced meat, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, chilli powder, clove powder and coriander. Sauté for 10 minutes, stirring, until the minced meat is browned and the liquid has boiled down.
  • Add the peas, tomato paste and coconut milk. Simmer without the lid, stirring, until the liquid has boiled down.
  • Rinse rice under cold running water until the water runs clear.
  • Heat the ghee or oil in a saucepan. Peel the onion and chop it finely. Add the onion, cloves and cinnamon stick. Steam the onion while stirring until soft.
  • Add saffron, salt and water. Bring to the boil and add rice. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until the rice is cooked through. Remove the cinnamon stick. Arrange the minced meat curry with the saffron rice on a plate and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 117kcalCarbohydrates: 11.9gProtein: 9.2gFat: 3.6g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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