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Chicken Keema
🇮🇳 Indian

Chicken Keema

🇮🇳 Indian

Minced-style chicken bhuna with peas — dry, spiced and made for spooning onto buttered roti. Ready in 60 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Chicken500 g, boneless
  • Garam Masala1 tsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Ghee2 tbsp
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Green Peas150 g
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Ghee in a heavy casserole and brown the chicken well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the chicken out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the garam masala.

  3. 3

    Return the chicken, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the garam masala in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Chicken Keema Masala - Chicken Mince Recipe · on YouTube