Keema (Ground Beef Casserole)

BABUBEE
To get a true Keema you need to use fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh chopped garlic, and fresh slivered ginger. It really makes a difference to the outcome of the dish. In the authentic recipe the ground beef is not browned, all the ingredients are simmered in water till the water evaporates. - 9/1/09

CHEEKYCHOOK
This is an ok recipe for a quick way to make a sort of keema. It is better and definately more authentic to use garlic, fresh ginger, chopped (not puree or powder), chilli, garam masala and spices rather than a ready made 'curry powder'. But its not a bad recipe though! - 8/7/09

MICHELE518
Really easy and has an authentic taste...I have been looking for a recipe like this for years, after having had this many times made by a friend's mother. I doubled the spices, except for the curry powder and it was awesome! - 2/2/09

TILLYMINT57
i added alittle bit more curry powder and two more cups of potatoes and it was a meal in its self,and just put it in the slowcooker and left it and went to work and it was yummy. - 9/19/07

FRANCESMOMTO3
YUM, thank y ou! I did double the spices like some reviewers suggested and it turned out awesome! I enjoyed mine over whole wheat couscous. Great EASY meal that is super filling! Will be doing this one over and over! - 5/1/09

MISSYKAYLA
So Yummy! Didn't have Tumeric but was lovely without it! And I did subsititute sweet potatoes for regular potatoes. Served over Wild Rice my family loved it and requested that I make it again....Thank You for the great recipie - 1/12/08

CD3709373
Scrumshillyitious! I made it today in my crockpot! I used HOT curry-powder for kick. Only took 10 minutes of prep this morning-done @ 4PM. It's more like a stew or chili, but YUM-ME! After tasting it, the only thing I added was a couple Tbs of fennel seed, but one b4 cooking should do. Luv it! - 8/5/08

RKVIST
After reading the comments, I doubled all of the spices and thought it was excellent!! We like a little heat, so I think I'll add red pepper flakes next time. So good! - 9/14/08

PROFESSORX1988
Made this last night. Very good alone or on rice. I doubled the spices and would cut up the potatoes a little smaller next time. I saw someone mentioned diced tomatoes instead of crushed. Will try it out. Thanks. - 7/3/09

KATETACK
I thought it was delicious. I didn't eat it on rice because of the potatoes already in it. I also doubled the spices and cooked it in my crockpot. I even froze individual portions and they are also delicious. Next time I think I'll make it with ground turkey, instead. - 10/4/09

MIGHTY_MELISSA
I noticed a problem with your nutritional info. The recipe calls for one and a half pounds of ground sirloin but in the ingredient details you only used 20 oz, which is only 1.25 pounds. - 8/12/09

RILEY_HAILEY
I used tomatoes from the garden, sweet potatoes and more spices. Very good! - 8/30/09

VLVTGRRL
Authentic or not, I liked this casserole and have made it twice now! I also came up with a type of Naan-made-easy with Bisquick that went quite well with this!! If you'd like to try the recipe with this Keema one, look up "Bisquick Naan." - 10/4/09

JAYDEE14
AMAZING!! A very tasty blend of spices. I took some tips from the other comments, doubled spices (didn't have tumeric). I added hot pepper flakes. I used green pepper instead of peas. I only had 1 cup of tomatoes so added 1.5 TBS of tomato paste. I also boiled the potato ahead and then diced it - 11/30/08

ZOEYSGRAMMA2013
This was awesome! DH loved it. I read some reviews and cooked it as written, I also omitted the tumeric because I didn't have any, and was still great. The following night we had it again, but this time I added cayenne pepper to kick it up a knotch, and boy it was even more terrific! Thanks! - 9/8/09

LAURIEBLT
delish!! totally didn't taste like a "diet" food. the curry and spices were enough to taste but not overpowering. wonderful!! - 4/5/08

CHRISSIET01
I had no idea of what Keema was until I tried this recipe-not bad at all! I browned the beef, par-boiled the potatoes, doubled the spices (except curry). and put this in the crockpot for 3 hours so the spices could blend fully. Everyone liked it! - 10/28/09

RABBITOLM
I made this last night and it was tasty! My garden is overflowing with tomatoes so I used fresh, and don't think I'd use canned in the future. I'd probably double the spices - I added liquid & couscous directly into the pot about 5 mins before serving, and the couscous soaked up a lot of the spice - 9/2/09

TEABIRD
This was terrific. My whole family loved it. I added golden raisins too. - 6/3/09

PURPLEEBUG5
i made this last night for iftar.it was really easy to prepare.I replaced ground beef wif chicken.it taste great!added an xtra cup of potatoes..a filling meal to go wif arabic bread :) - 9/2/09

CD3274814
The only thing I would suggest to improve this very tasty recipe is to add cooked potatoes, because there is not enough juice for the potatoes to get tender in the pot.
Very different. My husband said... I smell apples. Are there apples in here. I guess it was the cinnamon. Thanks for sharing - 11/10/09

ZIGWEEGWEE
I followed Babubee's advice and used the fresh ingredients (hooray for tomato season!) with garam masala, organic ground beef and brown rice. Very good. - 10/5/09

CAPECODDOGFISH
Delicious and filling. Next time I'll try it with lamb. Really filled me up. A winner. - 8/21/09

VFRAZIER73
pretty good, but didn't much care for the cinnamon- next time I will leave that out - 9/10/09

JLINNEA
I added extra spices and and substituted fresh zucchini and carrots for peas as I don't like using frozen vegetables when there are so many fresh ones in season. Very good over couscous. I don't know how authentic it is, but it was easy and came out quite tasty. - 9/7/09