Khiman (Minced Meat)

Ingredients

• two ounces of ghee
• a large onion
• two pounds of kid
• four green chillies
• an inch of green ginger
• a ground red chilli
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a large cupful of water
• a teaspoonful of flour
• a large tablespoonful of tamarind juice

Method

1. 1

   Bring ghee to boil and fry the finely minced onion.

2. 2

   Add the minced kid and fry until browned.

3. 3

   Add green chillies, ginger, ground red chilli, salt, and water.

4. 4

   Stew gently for an hour.

5. 5

   Mix flour with a little water and stir into the mince along with tamarind juice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 100. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Khiman. (Minced Meat.) Bring to the boil two ounces of ghee, in which fry a large onion finely mmced ; now put in two pounds of kid which has been passed through a fine mincer, and fry till well browned, stirring all the time ; then add four green chillies and an inch of green ginger, both thinly sliced a ground red chilli, half a teaspoonful of salt, and a large cupful of water. Stew very gently for an hour, then mix a teaspoonful of flour with a little water, and stir it into the mince along with a large tablespoonful of tamarind juice

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