Beef Keema
Serves 4
Ingredients
- Low calories cooking spray / 1 tbsp oil
- 1 pepper, sliced
- 1 large diced onion
- 500g minced beef
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 120ml chicken stock (1 cube dissolved in 120ml boiling water)
- 400g tin of tomatoes
- 3 tbsp natural yoghurt
- 80g trimmed green beans
Optional
- 2cm piece of root ginger peeled and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
Method
- Spray a large pan with cooking spray and add the mince. Brown the mince over a medium heat for 5 minutes, breaking it up into smaller pieces with a spoon. Drain off any fat.
- Then add the curry powder and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the meat is well coated.
- Add the onion, pepper and optional garlic and ginger. Cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Add the stock, chopped tomatoes and trimmed green beans, then bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the natural yoghurt.
- Serve with boiled rice.
TOP TIPS
- For more heat add 1 red chilli or some chilli powder/flakes.
- Try this recipe with turkey mince instead for a lower fat but just as tasty alternative.
- Add some diced carrots or a couple of handfuls of frozen peas to boost the veggie content of this dish.
- How about serving with brown rice? It's a good source of fibre!
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This recipe gives you 1 and three quarters of your 5-a-day vegetables.
