Bonjour my friends, I'm Frankie and welcome to Club Foody!
It doesn't matter which country you're from, they all have their own comfort food dishes.
In France, there's a nice Pot au Feu, Perogies in Poland or Hawawshi that you can find on the
streets of Egypt... oh! and let's not forget the popular Fish and Chip in the United Kingdom.
Now, here's another one from India... In today's episode, I'll show you how to make my Lamb Keema!
What an incredible tasty and satisfying dish! With ground lamb, potatoes and other great ingredients,
this is an amazing comfort food to have! It's easy to make and a delicious change for your menu...
So my friends, let's get cooking. First, we'll pre-cook the potatoes slightly in a microwave.
So we'll place them in a microwave safe bowl, set the timer for 2:30 minutes and process
on high. When time is up, we'll carefully remove the bowl from the microwave, quickly stir them well and
return the potatoes back in the microwave for another 2:30 minutes. Once again, we'll
remove them and simply set the potatoes aside while we start the recipe. All right! So in a large
skillet over medium heat, we'll add oil as well as ghee and when it gets hot, we'll add the onions. We'll
sauté them for a couple minutes. Then we'll add serrano peppers - if you want to spice things up,
you can add a bird's eye chili. So we'll cook the peppers for 2 minutes as well before adding minced
ginger and a lot of it! We'll quickly sauté it for only 30 seconds.
To this, we'll add a generous amount of pressed garlic and stir to blend for 1 minute.
Next, we'll add the ground lamb and cook for 2 minutes, breaking down the meat into small pieces.
By the way, I love this gadget! It does the job quick. I highly suggest this meat chopper as
it's a useful new tool for your kitchen. All right, back to the lamb... We'll season with garam masala,
ground coriander, one of my favorite spices which is ground cumin, then turmeric followed by
cayenne pepper, and ground cinnamon. We'll give it a good stir to blend the ingredients before
adding a fair amount of freshly ground black pepper - and you know how much I love it! -
and some ground sea salt, just a little. We'll combine again and keep breaking up the meat...
yep, I'm back with my new tool (giggling). Now this is totally not Indian but I like to
add some red wine - mmm, that must be the French in me... We'll stir and cook for 5 minutes.
Then we'll add a whole can of diced tomatoes, mix it well and bring it back to a simmer.
Next, we'll add our partially cooked potatoes, blend them well into the mixture and increase the heat
to high. When it starts boiling, we'll return to medium and let it cook for 15 minutes. What I
like to do while it's cooking is to push down on the potatoes, making sure they're submerged
so they cook evenly. When time is up, we'll add the frozen peas and some fresh chopped cilantro. We'll
stir the ingredients very well, again we'll push down on the potatoes, and then start the timer for
6 minutes. When the cooking time is done, we'll give a good stir combining ingredients once again
before serving... And my friends, this is our Lamb Keema! This dish is so colorful and full of flavor!
The ingredients blend amazingly well together and the aroma is just delightful!
This is a delicious Indian comfort food to enjoy anytime... I hope you give it a try soon
and be sure to visit clubfoody.com for ingredient amounts, directions and more info...
Until next time my friends, bon appétit!