Step by step recipe of Pakistani bhuna mutton keema recipe with photos of each step.
Bhunna means to fry on high flame so when mince meat is fried with spices on high flame, the result is bhunna qeema / keema / kheema. It is a most common mince meat dish cooked in every Pakistani home.
It is also great as picnic food; ideal for canning food on travel and stays good on room temperature for several hours.
This is soul survival food that is very adaptive and can be added in pies, mince lasagna, rolls, sandwiches, samosa, filling, Bohra lasanyo or aloo pities. Plus it is super easy and simple to cook. Best tasting bhunna qeema is made with 20% fat beef mince. However, for healthy option you may take low fat, mutton leg mince.(That’s what I used.)
The trick is to fry and fry mince until you see a golden brown ting in qeema and oil separates profusely. This is like searing and is called bhuna ( bhun-na) in Urdu. Serve it with nan, chapti or roti, raita and some fresh kachumbar salad.
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Pakistani bhuna Mutton Keema recipe
Ingredients
- 500 gm mince beef / mutton – keema
- ½ cup oil – ,(see notes 2)
- 250 gm onion or 2 cup sliced onion
- 3 medium tomatoes
Spices
- 1 tablespoon whole cumin – (sabut zeera)
- 1 ½ tablespoon coriander seeds – (sabut dhanya)
- ½ tablespoon chilli flakes – (kooti lal mirch)
- 4 cloves – (laung)
- 8-10 black pepper – (kali mirch)
- ½ inch cinnamon stick – (dal cheeni)
- 1 whole black cardamom – (bari elaichi)
- 1 tablespoon green chili paste
- ½ tablespoon garlic paste
- ½ tablespoon ginger paste
Other
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ cup yogurt – (dahi), whipped
- 2 tablespoon butter – ,optional
Garnish
- 3-4 jalapeno peppers – (darmiyani hari mirch), thick slices
- 2 inch ginger – (adrak), julienne
- ¼ cup fresh Coriander – (hara dhanya), chopped
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder – ,freshly grounded
Instructions
- Wash mince meat and put in a strainer to drain excess water, set aside
- Dry roast cumin and coriander seed together in a pan. Let it get cool, then make powder of it.
- Fry the onions in oil until golden brown.
- On medium heat add coriander and cumin powder, clove, cinnamon, cardamom , black pepper, red chili flakes, ginger paste, green chili paste and garlic paste. Fry for few seconds.
- Add chopped tomatoes and salt, mix well and cover. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Next, add mince meat, mix well and cover again. Cook for 12 minutes on medium heat.
- Add whipped yogurt and lemon juice. Burn the excess water.
- Add butter and fry (bhunna) qeema on medium high flame, until oil separates.
- Add pepper powder, sliced jalapeno, fresh coriander and ginger slices for garnish.
Notes
Pakistani bhuna keema recipe | Pictorial
Dry roast cumin and coriander. Let it cool in separate plate then make powder of it.
Fry onions in oil on medium low flame until golden brown.
When onion are golden and crispy, add all spices on low flame. Stir well for few second.
Add tomatoes and salt, stir well, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add mince meat, stir well.
Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.
Add yogurt and lemon.
Add butter and fry (bhunna) qeema on medium high flame, until oil separates.
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Anon says
This recipe is absolutely delicious and is 100% worth making even if you’re like me and don’t like to cook – the results are GORGEOUS! Thank you!
Recipe 52 says
Thank Anon for leaving such lovely feedback. This is a family recipe and tastes great every time.
Savio Francis Dsouza says
Love the yummy and delicious keema recipe. Will surely prepare it soon. Wow recipe.
You can apply a generous amount of keema on a slice of bread, put a slice of bread on it. Put a drop of oil in a frying pan, place the keema sandwich in the pan. Cover with a aluminum lid having a knob. Press the lid gently on the sandwich for two minutes, turn over to brown the other side. Repeat with the other slices. This is my pan fried version of grilled sandwich.
Recipe 52 says
Thanks a lot for lovely feedback. I love your grilled sandwich recipe. So sweet of you to share it. 🙂
Anonymous says
Made it , really awesome.
Recipe 52 says
I’m glad you liked it. Keep coming!😊
Umm-e-Aimen Taaha says
Loved it…
Mariam Sodawater says
Thanks dear. 🙂