Qeema

Name: Qeema
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 500g lamb mince; 2 onions, finely diced; 3 tomatoes, diced; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tsp baharat; 0.5 tsp turmeric; 0.5 tsp cinnamon; oil for cooking; parsley to garnish

Iraq

The everyday mince preparation of Iraqi cooking. Stuffed into kubba, samoon or served with rice.

Iraqi spiced minced lamb — minced meat cooked down with onion, tomato and warm spices until dry and intensely flavoured. Eaten with rice or stuffed into bread.

Photo: pelican

Prep

10 mins

Cook

25 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

440 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500glamb mince

2onions, finely diced

3tomatoes, diced

4 clovesgarlic, crushed

1 tspbaharat

0.5 tspturmeric

0.5 tspcinnamon

oilfor cooking

parsleyto garnish

Method

Fry onion and garlic in oil until golden. Add lamb mince. Brown well.

Add tomatoes and spices. Cook on medium-high heat until completely dry and fragrant.

Season. Serve with rice and flatbread.

Chef's Tip

Cook until genuinely dry — Iraqi qeema should not be saucy.

Couldn't load comments right now — please refresh.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Qeema

Ingredients

Method

Leave a Comment

You may also like