Keema | Spiced Quorn Mince

If you are a vegetarian or vegan, you’ll probably be spoilt with a rich variety of food that would cater to your every need. The spice box transforms everything it touches into something delicious, so even the most bland vegetables turn in to something delicious. And if you are looking at the rich meat dishes and feeling like you’ve been let down, think again. Pretty much every meat dish can very easily be substituted with vegetables, lentils, paneer or tofu and quorn mince. Keema is one rather delicious dish usually made with minced lamb, but vegans and vegetarians can enjoy the dish too. Just replace the lamb mince with it with either soya mince or quorn mince.

Fragrant whole spices add a rich flavour to the oil, before the onions, garlic, ginger and tomatoes get roasted in the it. This forms the perfect base to the mince. You can choose between soya or quorn mince. My recipe uses Quorn mince. But if you are using soya mince, then just follow the additional notes on How to make Soya mince.

Keema is such a popular street food dish in India and is usually served with Pan – white buns or baps, chopped onions and lemon wedges. But you can choose to serve keema with rotis, chapatis or even rice. This dish is flavourful, vegan without compromising on taste and is really healthy too. I hope you give it a go.

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Keema

Spiced Quorn Mince with green peas

Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

Indian

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 300 gms Quorn Mince You can use Soya mince too. See notes below to see how to make Soya mince from Soya chunks
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2-3 pods garlic chopped
• 1/2 inch Ginger chopped
• 1 medium green chilli finely chopped
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 2-3 tomatoes finely chopped
• 1-2 bay leaves
• 1 inch cinnamon
• 5-6 cloves
• 5-6 black pepper pods
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 100 gms frozen or fresh green peas
• Handful coriander leaves finely chopped
• Salt to taste

Course Main Dish Cuisine Indian Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 30 mins Servings people Ingredients 300 gms Quorn Mince You can use Soya mince too. See notes below to see how to make Soya mince from Soya chunks 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 2-3 pods garlic chopped 1/2 inch Ginger chopped 1 medium green chilli finely chopped 1 large onion finely chopped 2-3 tomatoes finely chopped 1-2 bay leaves 1 inch cinnamon 5-6 cloves 5-6 black pepper pods 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp red chilli powder 2 tsp coriander powder 1/2 tsp garam masala powder 100 gms frozen or fresh green peas Handful coriander leaves finely chopped Salt to taste

Recipe Notes

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add cumin and all the whole spices, let the  cumin seeds splutter.
3. Add onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. Mix and fry until golden brown.
4. Add all ground spices, except garam masala, and salt. Stir for about a minute.
5. Add tomatoes and fry until oil separates.
6. Add mince (see notes below on how to make Soya Mince), combine with the rest of the ingredients and cook with a little water for about 15 mins with the lid on.
7. Add peas and cook for few more minutes. 
8. Switch off heat, sprinkle garam masala and the chopped coriander leaves. Stir well.
9. Serve hot with Pav or white/wholemeal buns, or chapatis/rotis alongside chopped onions and lemon wedges.

How to make Soya Mince from Soya Chunks

• Bring a litre of water to the boil in a deep sauce pan, to this add salt and then the soya chunks.
• Simmer for about 10 mins.
• Take off heat, and strain the water out of the soya chunks.
• Add the soya chunks to cold water. Keep immersed in cold water for about 5 mins.
• Now squeeze the water out of the soya chunks and make a coarse mixture in the blender.
• The soya mince is ready to use.

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