Keema Achar

Ingredientsfor 6 servings

• 250 g Keema minced meat
• 50 g Ginger — finely sliced
• 50 g Ginger paste
• 50 g Garlic cloves whole
• 50 g Garlic paste
• 50 g Chilly powder
• 50 g Green chillies — slit
• 1 tsp Cummin seeds (Jeerakam)
• 1 tsp Cummin seed powder (Jeerakam)
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 inch Cinnamon Patta
• 3 nos Cloves (Grambu)
• 300 g Groundnut oil Nallenna
• 1/4 cup Vinegar
• 2 cup Warm water
• Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Wash the minced meat nicely and drain.

2. Step 2

   Grind together cinnamon, cloves, cummin seeds, chilly powder, turmeric powder in little vinegar. Keep this mixture aside.

3. Step 3

   Get 2 tsp of the ground chilly mixture and add required salt. Apply on minced meat and allow it to marinate for 30 minutes.

4. Step 4

   After marination, add 1/2 cup water and cook in low heat until water has evaporated completely.

5. Step 5

   Place a pan on the stove and pour 150g groundnut oil. Heat the oil and fry crisp the cooked minced meat.

6. Step 6

   Remove from oil and set aside.

7. Step 7

   Pour the remaining oil into a wide bottomed pan. Heat the oil and fry the sliced ginger.

8. Step 8

   Add garlic and green chillies and cummin seeds. cook and add remaining ground chilly mixture.

9. Step 9

   When oil accumulates on top, add 1 1/2 cup warm water. Add required salt.

10. Step 10

    Boil the mixture and when gravy has acquired the desired consistency, lower the heat and add fried keema, remaining vinegar, garlic paste, ginger paste and cummin seed powder.

11. Step 11

    Cool keema achar and preserve in glass bottles.

12. Step 12

    Tips: 1)Make sure that oil floats on surface of pickle.