Tonight was a what do I have ingredients for kind of dinner. Wanted to make tacos, but we didn't have any shells - and I'm trying to not go grocery shopping the rest of the month! (except for milk). Looked at my Pinterest list of recipes and I had 2 for Pakistani Kima - which last time I made it was years ago and who knows which one I made or if I made up my own? I didn't have all the stuff they listed and googled more recipes and found they all have different things, so decided to wing it!
If you don't know what Pakistani Kima is - it's basically hamburger curry. If you don't like curry... maybe you shouldn't make this... The cost for this comes out to less than $8 to serve 4-5 people (depending on the current price of ground beef). Steps are separate for a reason - so add things slowly as directed - or things get too mushy (they're already mushy because they're canned, but you can use fresh or frozen, just prepare them prior to adding into the skillet). Takes about 30-45 minutes to make. 10-15 minutes prepping and 20-30 minutes simmering.
Payge's Pakistani Kima
Ingredients:
If you don't know what Pakistani Kima is - it's basically hamburger curry. If you don't like curry... maybe you shouldn't make this... The cost for this comes out to less than $8 to serve 4-5 people (depending on the current price of ground beef). Steps are separate for a reason - so add things slowly as directed - or things get too mushy (they're already mushy because they're canned, but you can use fresh or frozen, just prepare them prior to adding into the skillet). Takes about 30-45 minutes to make. 10-15 minutes prepping and 20-30 minutes simmering.
Payge's Pakistani Kima
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef (I used 93% lean)
- 1 small diced onion OR 3 tbsp dried minced onion (I used dried)
- 1 can potatoes drained - cubed (I used ALDI's whole potatoes and cut them up)
- 1 can Rotel (I used the type with habaneros in it)
- 1 can of small peas drained
- 1 can of chicken broth or 1 1/2 cups water (I used ALDI's Fit Chicken Broth)
- 1 heaping spoon of minced garlic
- dash of ground cumin
- 3 tbsp curry powder (I used 3, but part way through simmering added a dash more 'just in case')
- 1 package of saffron yellow rice (I used the Mahatma's 99 cent packages since only cooking for 2 people)
- Over medium/medium high heat in a large skillet brown ground beef and onions.
- Drain grease.
- Add a very light coating of ground cumin over the meat and onions.
- Add potatoes and fry slightly stirring carefully to not smush them.
- Add garlic and stir quickly to prevent burning.
- Add curry and stir quickly to prevent burning.
- Add entire can of Rotel and stir.
- Turn down heat to low.
- Add chicken broth and peas and simmer for 20-30 minutes until sauce is thickened.
- While it's simmering - prepare rice (typically 20-30 minutes). I prefer saffron rice - but can use any rice.
Also great to serve with naan.... but the naan I make takes over 6 hours, and I was looking for something quick.
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