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Ginger Beef Keema with Coconut Potatoes

Spiced ground beef simmered with tender potato cubes, sweet peas and creamy coconut milk, finished bright with lime and cilantro.

Ginger Beef Keema with Coconut Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb500 gGround beef, 90% lean
  • 2 medium400 gRusset potatoespeeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1⅓ cups300 gCoconut milk, cannedstirred
  • ¾ cup180 gWater
  • 1½ medium160 gYellow onionfinely chopped
  • 1 cup150 gGreen peas, frozen
  • 7 oz200 gDiced tomatoes, canned
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gFresh gingergrated
  • 1 whole14 gJalapeñoseeded and minced
  • 2¼ tsp10 gCanola oil
  • 1½ tbsp8 gCurry powder
  • 1½ tsp3 gGround cumin
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround turmeric
  • ¾ tsp5 gSalt
  • ½ lime, juiced20 gLime juice
  • ⅔ cup chopped10 gFresh cilantrochopped

Steps

  1. Prepare first: cube the potatoes, chop the onion, mince the garlic and jalapeño, grate the ginger and chop the cilantro.
  2. Heat the canola oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned and cooked to 160°F (71°C), about 7 minutes.
  3. Add the onion and cook 4 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic, ginger and jalapeño and cook 1 minute.
  4. Stir in the curry powder, cumin and turmeric and toast 30 seconds until fragrant.
  5. Add the potatoes, diced tomatoes, water and salt. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce to a simmer and cook 12 minutes.
  6. Stir in the coconut milk and simmer uncovered 5 to 8 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the sauce thickens.
  7. Stir in the peas and cook 2 minutes until hot.
  8. Off the heat, stir in the lime juice and scatter the cilantro over the top before serving.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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