Easy Keema Curry (Stove Top and Instant Pot)

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Easy Keema Curry made with extra lean ground beef and just a few store cupboard spices for a blend of spices that add delicious flavours to this dish. Perfectly cooked stove top or in an Instant Pot

Easy Keema Curry in black frying pan with wooden handle and bowl of rice and coriander in background

Keema Ground Beef Curry

Keema Curry is a South Asian dish that traditionally would use lamb or even goat mince along with a delicious blend of spices for a simple flavoursome curry.

I switch out the ground lamb for extra lean ground beef a slightly healthier alternative for this dish without compromising on flavour and of course extra lean ground beef is a lot easier to source and lower in Calories.

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Can I use ground lamb (lamb mince) in this keema curry?

Do you prefer the flavours of lamb in a keema curry? Don't be scared to make the switch. Although not as lean as extra lean ground beef, when you divide it into 4 servings, it's not going to use up too many extra calories from your daily allowance.

Lamb has a lovely sweet unique flavour too, you can keep the beef stock or switch out the beef stock for lamb stock to even more enhance that flavour.

Easy Keema Curry in black pan with wooden handle

Instant Pot Keema Curry

Own an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker? this yummy Keema Curry can be made even quicker and effortlessly in a pressure cooker.

You may be wondering, What is an Instant Pot? An Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) is a 7in1 cooker, that slow cooks, pressure cooks, sautes and has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge etc. It will literally cook these meatballs in minutes, so perfect for when you need a meal on the table quickly.

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Since buying my Instant Pot, I use it on a regular basis, it's not one of those gadgets that sit in my cupboard forgotten. In fact, it never goes away.

Instant Pot is a brand of an electric pressure cooker, but there are various other brands and options out there.

close up of Easy Keema Curry in black pan with wooden spoon

Sides for Keema Curry

Usually, this would be served with naan bread or chapati's to scoop up bits of the meat, if you would like to serve it with some kind of bread, it is great with these Sweet Potato Flatbreads or Garlic Greek Yoghurt Naans.

Or keep it simple and serve with some white rice or for a healthier low carb alternative, I love it with this Roasted Cauliflower Rice.

If you love Pilau Rice, I have a couple of different recipes to choose from:

Can Keema Curry be frozen?

Yep, it sure can!! It is probably one of my go-to dishes for batch cooking. Whenever I make Keema Curry, I often double up the recipe, so that have I have some leftover to freeze.

To reheat, fully defrost in a container and then you can either gently heat in a pan until piping hot or reheat in a microwave.

I often freeze a serving in a meal prep container with some of the roasted cauliflower rice, so I have a full meal ready to heat up when I just fancy something nice and quick for dinner. Bonus!!

Easy Keema Curry in white bowl with rice and coriander

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Keema Curry (Stove Top or Instant Pot

Yield: SERVES 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Easy Keema Curry made with extra lean ground beef and just a few store cupboard spices for a blend of spices that add delicious flavours to this dish. Perfectly cooked stove top or in an Instant Pot

Ingredients

450g (1lb) of extra lean beef mince
1 large onion, chopped finely
1 large carrot, finely chopped
1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 heaped teaspoon of fresh grated ginger
2 teaspoons of cumin seeds
2 teaspoon of ground coriander
1 teaspoon of deggi mirch Chilli Powder (or preferred chilli powder of your choice).
1 teaspoon of garam masala
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 cup of frozen peas
4 tablespoons of tomato paste
2 cups (480ml) of beef stock (use just 1 cup for instant pot)
freshly chopped coriander to serve
salt and black pepper
cooking oil spray (I used avocado)

Instructions

Stove Top:

Spray a frying pan over a medium heat with some spray oil
Add the onion, garlic, carrot , celery and ginger and cook for approx 5 mins to soften.
Add the minced beef and cook until browned, breaking up large pieces with the back of a wooden spoon while it cooks.
Stir in all the spices and tomato paste and mix to evenly coat.
Add the stock and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer until meat is cooked through and stock has reduced to a thicker consistency – approx 30 mins
Stir in the peas at the last few minutes.
Taste and season as needed with salt and black pepper.
Serve topped with freshly chopped coriander and steamed rice.

Instant Pot:

Set instant pot to saute mode
Add ground beef, onion, celery, carrot, garlic and ginger
Fry till beef is browned.
Add all other ingredients (expect tomato paste< peas and coriander)
Spoon tomato paste on top (do not stir)
Switch to 12 minutes (high) pressure and ensure valve is closed.
When it beeps to signal it has done cooking, open the valve to quickly release the pressure.
Switch to saute mode again, add the peas and stir to combine and simmer for about 1-2 mins just to heat through the peas.
Taste and season as needed with salt and black pepper.
Serve with chopped fresh coriander and your choice of sides.

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Comments

ninavernerr says

July 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm

To support you

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Kristina Elliott says

July 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Just had this for tea and it was delicioussss!! although i did add twice
the stock as the family prefers saucy curries. Made it nice and spicy
too.

Again thank you 🙂 xx

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Alisa Wilburn says

August 02, 2011 at 3:36 pm

WOW wat a great page theres loads af receips i am now wanting to try,the ssusage casserole and the keema curry sound gawjus defo going to this both a go and will then let you all know how i get on 🙂

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Alisa Wilburn says

August 02, 2011 at 3:38 pm

WOW this page is great,i am defo gunna try some new receips specially the sausage casserole and keema curry,sound define.I will gave them ago and let you all know how i get on 🙂

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Iain Wolstencroft says

December 23, 2011 at 7:44 am

If you change Tomato paste to tomato puree, then it's syn free on extra easy now

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sammie86 says

April 18, 2012 at 7:11 am

Made this for tea with green chilli added was fantastic ....curry addicts must try 🙂 Thanks

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Nichola hallam says

January 21, 2017 at 1:53 pm

This has got to be my new favourite, so quick and easy, also any left over is fab with a jacket potato and salad ❤️

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  January 21, 2017 at 7:16 pm
  
  That's so lovely Nichola, we love that recipe in my house too 🙂
  
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Sophie says

February 14, 2017 at 5:56 am

Looks lovely! 🙂 Wanted to try this in my slow cooker, how long would it need to cook for please?

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  February 14, 2017 at 2:47 pm
  
  I would do 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low 🙂
  
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Sophie says

March 01, 2017 at 6:22 am

Thank you! Will be cooked soon 🙂

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Nia says

March 07, 2017 at 11:54 am

I'm cooking this for tea tonight. I have no cumin seeds can I used ground cumin? If so how much? Thank you x

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  March 07, 2017 at 6:09 pm
  
  yes ground cumin will work fine, I would use equal amounts.
  
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Deborah Forrester says

March 30, 2017 at 5:10 pm

Tried this this evening and it was lovely - husband really enjoyed it as well/ I can't see where to print it - i like to keep recipes i enjoy. Can you help please?

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  April 03, 2017 at 4:36 pm
  
  On the recipe box, there is a print button for you to print 😉
  
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Joanne says

June 18, 2017 at 12:20 pm

This recipe is delicious. So easy to make

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Angelan Loughran says

September 01, 2017 at 2:24 pm

Made this tonight and it was fantastic and had amazing flavour

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Kay tanser says

September 20, 2017 at 12:10 pm

Made this and it was gorgeous. Simple and quick to make.

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Jessica says

October 03, 2017 at 7:28 pm

Absolutely delicious and super easy to make Lovely in some iceberg lettuce pockets too ❤️

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Rebekah says

April 26, 2018 at 3:24 pm

Stunning!!! My husband loved it to (normally a madras fan). Served with roasted broccoli & cauliflower

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Les says

May 03, 2018 at 7:48 am

Would love to make this for my wife, but how do you reheat it after freezing? Does it have to be defrosted first? Thanks

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  May 04, 2018 at 8:41 pm
  
  Hi Les, I defrost fully and then heat in the microwave or in a pan on the stove top.
  
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Jacque says

September 06, 2018 at 11:54 am

I have made this today to eat tomorrow! I had a little sample and just love it! Hoping the hubby will enjoy it too although he might want to add some cayenne pepper. It was easy to make. Thank you for all your recipes. x

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Kylie says

January 03, 2019 at 6:55 am

Can you swop grated ginger for ground ginger? I have all the other ingredients in except fresh ginger.

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  January 03, 2019 at 8:50 am
  
  Yes it should be okay, but use a much smalller quantity.
  
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Rachel says

January 20, 2019 at 7:22 am

I did this but put sliced potatoes on the top like a potato pie was lovely served with broccoli

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Geraldine Mc Grath says

February 24, 2019 at 7:49 am

Siobhan. As I hate the overpowering taste of cumin should I double up on garam masala do you think?

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  February 25, 2019 at 11:34 am
  
  I personally wouldn't go too heavy on the garam masala, maybe use a curry powder instead.
  
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Suzie Davies says

March 20, 2019 at 11:54 am

I love this recipe . This delicious Keema has helped me lose over 2 stone in weight whilst still enjoying great food. I never realised that healthy food could taste so good.
Thank you for your brilliant recipes.
X

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Vinesha Finlay says

May 08, 2019 at 12:11 pm

Made this tonight for me and my boyfriend and we loved it. It's so tasty. Served with white basmati on a bed of fresh spinach 🙂

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Marbs says

August 03, 2019 at 1:30 pm

This was delicious, great to find something a bit different to make with mince. Will definitely make again

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Vicky says

November 06, 2019 at 3:50 pm

Could I use pork mince or lamb mince?

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- Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
  
  November 18, 2019 at 3:26 pm
  
  lamb mince would definitely work well with this.
  
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CydD says

May 03, 2020 at 10:11 pm

Delicious curry---made according to instructions and loved it! Made a double batch with half going in the freezer for an easy reheat meal. Thank you for so many amazing recipes!!

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Jenny says

May 30, 2020 at 12:52 pm

Very easy to follow recipes, this is the second I’ve used. Thank you

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Claire says

June 09, 2020 at 2:17 am

Hi there. The deggi Mirch chilli powder - can I use just normal chilli powder? TIA

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- Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
  
  June 17, 2020 at 4:04 pm
  
  yes you can, deggi mirch is just a good quality chilli powder which adds a more vibrant red colour to Indian cooking.
  
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Tracey Thomas says

February 02, 2021 at 5:50 pm

I made this today. It was delicious

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roseleen byrne says

May 17, 2022 at 9:34 am

hi siobhen,could you tell me how double up on the sauce for keema curry please.love your recipes all so tasty

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Keema Ground Beef Curry

Can I use ground lamb (lamb mince) in this keema curry?

Instant Pot Keema Curry

Sides for Keema Curry