Kheema Shahzada

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb minced beef
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 inch cube gingerroot, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 cinnamon stick, 2-inch broken up
• 4 green cardamoms
• 4 cloves
• 4 dried red chilies
• 1 tablespoon coriander seed
• 1 tablespoon white poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 ounces cashew nuts, split
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 pint warm water
• 1/4 pint milk
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

Recipe

• 1 melt half of the butter in a pan and fry the onions, ginger and garlic for 5 minutes squeeze out as much of the cooking fat as possible and set the onions aside.
• 2 in a spice or coffee grinder grind together the cinnamon stick, cardamoms, cloves, red chillies and the coriander seeds. set aside.
• 3 grind together the poppy, and sesame seeds.
• 4 melt the remaining butter and fry the ground spices cook for 30 seconds and add the ground poppy seeds. fry for 1 minute.
• 5 add the meat stir and fry till the mixture is dry. 10 minutes stir.
• 6 add the turmeric and salt with the cashews and water, bring to the boil, cover the pan and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
• 7 in the meantime, in a blender, liquidize the onions and ginger with the milk, blend till smooth. add to the meat and stir.
• 8 reboil, lower heat cover pan and simmer till the gravy is thick.
• 9 serve garnished with the eggs.