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Palak Methi Kheema Bhurji

Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course lunch
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Kheema (Chicken or mutton (preferably))
  • 3 cups Palak, clean, wash, chopped
  • 2 cups Methi, clean, wash, chopped
  • 1 cup Onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp Ginger-garlic-green-chili paste
  • ¾ cup Tomato, finely chopped
  • ½ tsp Red chili powder
  • 1 tsp Dhania-jeera powder
  • ½ tsp Haldi powder
  • 3 tsp Pav-Bhaji masala
  • Lemon-to taste
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • Salt-to taste

TADKA

  • 2 tbsp Onion, chopped
  • 8-10 flakes Garlic, chopped
  • 2 nos. Dry red chilies, broken
  • ¼ tsp Jeera
  • ½-1 tbsp Butter
  • ¼ tsp Haldi powder
  • ½-¾ tsp Garam masala powder
  • 2 tbsp Cashew nuts, chopped into bits
  • Salt-few pinches

Instructions
 

  • Cook the mince, (kheema) add a little salt to a pressure cooker and keep aside
  • Melt butter in a non-stick pan on a low flame, add chopped garlic, saute for a while, add the chopped onion, saute
  • Add the jeera, broken red chilies, Haldi and mix in the cooked kheema and cashew bits, sprinkle the garam masala, mix well, reduce excess water if any, and keep aside
  • Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, add the chopped onions and fry till golden brown
  • Add the ginger-garlic-green chili paste and saute for a minute or so
  • When the tomatoes turn pulpy add the Pav-bhaji masala, mix well and add the chopped methi leaves
  • Saute the methi leaves for a while and add the chopped palak, mix well and cook on a low flame
  • When the leafy vegetables are well done and most of the moisture is reduced, add salt, mix well
  • Mix in the kheema which was seasoned and kept aside
  • Taste and adjust the seasoning, add a dash of lime if needed
  • Serve hot with rotis, millet rotis or jowar dodha