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Keema Pav
🇮🇳 Indian

Keema Pav

🇮🇳 Indian

Spiced mince mopped up with buttered pav, the Irani café legacy of Bombay. Bold, loud, sweet-hot-sour-tangy all at once — India's street food playbook. Serve in paper plates for the full street experience.

Prep 21 min Cook 14 min Serves 1 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, finely sliced
  • Green Chili1-2, finely chopped
  • Green Peas1 cup
  • Lemon1
  • Pav Bread Rolls6
  • Chaat Masala1 tsp
  • Roasted Cumin1 tsp
  • Ground Lamb500 g

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Lay out your stations like a busy stall: one for chopping, one for cooking, one for building.

  2. 2

    Get the base going: crisp what should be crisp, soft what should be soft.

  3. 3

    Build the moisture layer: green chutney at the edges, sweet tamarind in crosses, yogurt last.

  4. 4

    Dust the spices from a height so they fall evenly, then bury it under the crunch.

  5. 5

    Garnish with the onion, a final dusting of chaat masala and serve within minutes, eating straight from the plate.

Chef's tip

Chutneys make the chaat — thin tamarind and bright green, both homemade if possible.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Kheema Pav Recipe | Indian Style Minced Meat/Mutton Keema | The Bombay Chef – Varun Inamdar · on YouTube