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Keema recipe for samosa
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Ground Beef Samosa Filling Recipe (Keema for Samosa)

This flavorful ground beef samosa filling is packed with warm spices and love, evoking memories of homemade samosas made by your mom or the neighborhood aunty who would show up every Ramadan with a tray full of comfort and joy.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, basics
Cuisine: Pakistani
Keyword: Ground Beef filling for samosa, samosa keema filling
Servings: 30
Calories: 89kcal
Author: Saba Ahmad

Ingredients

  • 2.2 lbs ground beef keema

Ingredients for step 1

  • 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
  • 1.5 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric

Ingredients for step 2

Ingredients for step 3

  • 1 large onion finely diced
  • handful cilantro
  • handful mint
  • 2 green chillies diced

Instructions

Bloom the spices

  • In a pan, add ginger garlic paste, 1/2 a pound of ground beef, red chilli flakes, and turmeric. Mix it well and cook it for 4-5 minutes over high heat. If it starts burning, add a splash of water.

Add the rest of the beef

  • Once the masala starts sticking to the bottom, add the remaining ground beef and dry-roasted coriander seed powder, cumin powder, garam masala, and salt. Mix well and then cook over high heat until all of the water evaporates.
  • Let this mixture cool down

Prepare the onion and herbs

  • While you can peel and finely dice one onion. Chop the cilantro, mint, and green chillies.

Mix the herbs and onion

  • Once the ground beef mixture is completely cooled, add onion, cilantro, mint, and green chillies and mix them well. You can use this filling for samosa, naan, paratha, or kachori.

Notes

Check the other post for folding the samosa using a tortilla, and also spring roll sheets

Nutrition

Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 104mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg