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Chicken Keema Recipe

If you love Indian food, you have to try this Chicken Keema matar recipe. This moist and juicy keema matar is brimming with delicious flavors, all thanks to the fragrant spices that produce a resonantly rich flavor that your whole family will love!
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4
Calories: 499kcal
Author: Ruchi

Ingredients


Instructions

  • Wash chicken keema in a strainer. Drain well and set aside. 
  • Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan. Add bay leaves, whole back cardamom, and black peppercorns to the pan. Sauté the whole spices until they turn a beautiful golden brown color.
  • Stir in cumin seeds. Sauté the cumin seeds in the ghee until they begin to crackle and pop.
  • Once the whole spices have released their aroma, add ginger and garlic paste. 
  • Fry the ginger-garlic paste for a minute. 
  • Stir in chopped onions and cook on medium-low flame until the onions become translucent and golden brown.
  • Stir in crushed tomatoes. 
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes until the oil starts to separate. 
    Add tomatoes to keema
  • Add all the spices – Kashmiri red chili powder, coriander powder, salt, and garam masala powder.
    Ad spices to keema
  • Add yogurt and mix to combine. 
  • Now add kasoori methi. Cook until the oil separates. 
  • Add cream and mix it well. 
    Add cream to keema
  • Once everything well blended, add the chicken mince. 
    Add keema to the pan
  • Cook the chicken mince over medium heat. Keep mixing and stirring frequently to prevent lump formation.
    Cook keema
  • Cook until the mince is evenly brown, for 5 – 8 minutes.
    Cooked chicken keema
  • Add matar and cook for another 2-3 minutes until peas are soft. 
  • Garnish the Chicken Keema matar with fresh cilantro leaves and serve warm with Tandoori Rotis or over the bed of warm basmati rice.

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Notes

 
Chicken Keema Matar Cooking Tips
 
This authentic Chicken Keema matar recipe turns out perfectly every time thanks to a few simple family tricks, and they are- 
 
» For that rustic taste, always cook Keema matar in ghee. 
 
» Frying the whole spices in ghee for a couple of minutes before adding other ingredients. It helps release their essential oils and enhances the overall flavor of the dish. 
 
» Don’t eliminate the black peppercorns from Keema matar; it adds tons of flavor. 
 
» If you like the keema spicy, you can add freshly chopped green chili, adjust the quantity to suit your preferences.
 
» Don't over handle the chicken - be careful not to over-cook the chicken so that it doesn’t become dry and tasteless.
 
» To maximize your chicken’s juiciness - don't skip cream and yogurt. Adding cream will keep the chicken keema soft and moist. Even though it's not much, but it works wonders. 
 
» Like the keema of a saucy consistency - add 1/2 cup of water or chicken broth in the end. It helps to balance out everything. 
 
» Freshly crushed tomatoes are the best, but canned tomatoes will work too. 
 
» Once keema is added to the cooked onion-tomato sauce, break up the ground chicken with a spatula and keep mixing it in the sauce. 
 
» You can cook mutton keema in the same way. However, the cooking time will vary. 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 499kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 216mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 1142mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1094IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 3mg