Ground Beef Curry Recipe, or Beef Keema Curry

Beef Keema curry is an unfussy Indian ground beef curry recipe. It is short and direct curry to make with just a few everyday ingredients – steady for a busy weeknight dinner!

Ground Beef Curry (Indian Beef Keema Curry)

Do you have a pound of ground beef and looking for a direct weeknight dinner idea? If you like curries of all kinds, here is a direct ground beef curry recipe (aka beef Keema curry) you can try for a weeknight dinner. You can create a short curry in less than 30 minutes.

This homey Indian curry is unfussy, direct and short to prepare. You don’t need to be an Indian food expert to try this curry recipe. Therefore, this is a steady curry that anyone can try out, even if you are a novice in Indian cooking.

Ground beef is simmered in chicken broth flavored with tomatoes and basic Indian spices that most of us already have in our pantry. Which means, there is no need to run to the Indian food specialty store to get the exotic spices.

Another direct ground beef idea? Try our Korean ground beef recipe. You will taste savory beef bulgogi with hardly any effort.

Ingredients for Ground Beef Curry

All you need to make this curry is:

• a pound of ground beef
• onion, ginger
• garlic
• tomatoes
• peas (we used frozen peas)
• chicken stock
• a handful of fresh cilantro

A secret ingredient to make this more tasty?:

• soy sauce

Spices you need

• cumin powder
• curry powder
• cayenne pepper

If you don’t want this curry to be too spicy, you can omit the cayenne pepper, and that is evenly fine.

Cooking and Serving Tips

Enjoy the nice aroma coming out of a pot of simmering curry filling in your kitchen as you wait. That is to say, the simmering time is only for 10-15 minutes total.

Serve this unfussy ground beef curry with fluffy Basmati rice or Naan bread and you are good to go.

Watch Ground Beef Curry Recipe Video

• Yield: 4 people
• Prep: 5 minutes
• Cook: 20 minutes
• Total: 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tbsp minced ginger
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, optional
• pinches salt & pepper, to taste
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 handful cilantro, chopped

Method

1. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat, add the onion, garlic, ginger and cook until soft.
2. Add the spices and stir for a few seconds. Add the ground beef and cook until browned. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
3. Add the tomatoes and stir. Pour the chicken stock and stir to combine. Cover with a lid and simmer for 10 minutes over med-low heat.
4. Add the soy sauce and stir. Season more with salt and pepper if needed. Add the peas and simmer for 5 more minutes
5. Lastly add the cilantro and serve with basmati rice or naan bread.