Keema Yum...

I made Aloo Keema (Beef mince with potato) and Mishit Kumra Bhaji (Stir-Fried Pumkin) for dinner today and it was absolutely delicious. :D (if I do say so myself) :p

First up for the keema (beef mince). I chopped up sum onions into fine pieces and potatoes into small cubes. Then I heated up the oil and fried the onions. After a while I added turmeric, red chilli, garlic, ginger, garam masala, black pepper and a bit of water and then kept heating it. Right after it gave out this awesome smell :D I added the keema and fried that for a bit and then added the potatoes and fried it all and then let it simmer for a while.


I started chopping up the pumpkins and then took a smoke break.

Then I heated up a pan, fried the onions and added pach phoron (a blend of spices) kalo jira (black caraway) black pepper, garlic, ginger, turmeric and red chilli. Then I added the pumpkin and salt and stir fried it. Both the dishes finished.
Served it with rice. Yum :D

They both tasted so good. The keema and mishti kumra both had a slight bit of gravy to it and it tasted awesome with the rice :D

Had Coke and Mars bar for desert :D

My first meal for the blog

I start my food blog with the dish I had for dinner today. A dish I have been absolutely craving for the past 2 weeks; kacchi biryani. (Rice cooked in ghee and mixed with lamb and spices) Well, the closest I could find to this item was a Lamb Biryani from this Indian restraunt called Mayur Curry House. Went with my housemate and we both got the same dish and brought it home. Sat right in front of the tv and enjoyed the meal as Monster Inc. was playing.
It was a good meal. There was a sour youghurt side and a crispy Papar (thinly fried crispy bread with paprika) to go with the meal. The meat was tasty and the rice was as well with its combination of spice and nuts. Not the same as the "kacchi" I was craving but it did a little to control it. Will have to wait for my mum to come visit me and cook the real thing for me. Yum. Can't Wait.

Tmrw I plan on making Keema (mince beef) and Daal (lentil soup). Lets see how that goes.

This site could provides the reader with a recipe for this dish;
http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=10089