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300 g pumpkin, peeled, steamed and mashed smooth
40 ml neutral oil (36 g)
500 g turkey mince
1 large brown onion, finely chopped (200 g)
2 garlic cloves, grated (10 g)
15 g fresh ginger, grated
12 g mild curry powder
2 g ground cumin
300 g canned no-added-salt tomatoes
250 ml water (250 g)
2 g iodised table salt, plus more to taste
200 g frozen peas
280 g white rice (dry)
200 g Greek yoghurt
Method
Steam the pumpkin for 12-15 minutes, until a piece collapses under a fork, then mash it smooth. You want about 300 g of purée.
Heat the oil in a wide pan and brown the turkey over high heat, breaking it up constantly with a wooden spoon until the grains of mince are as fine as you can get them. Lumps of mince set hard as they cook.
Add the onion and cook 6 minutes, then the garlic, ginger, curry powder and cumin for 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes, water and salt and simmer 15 minutes.
Stir in the pumpkin purée and peas and cook 8 minutes more, until thick and glossy. The mince should be coated and wet, never dry and crumbly; add water if it gets ahead of you. Poultry mince wants at least 75C/167F.
Meanwhile rinse the rice, put it in a pan with 560 ml water and a tight lid, boil, then cook 12 minutes on the lowest heat and rest 10 minutes off the heat.
Taste and adjust the salt. Serve the keema over the rice with the yoghurt spooned on top.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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Turkey mince cooked down fine in a mildly spiced tomato base, thickened with pumpkin purée and peas, over soft rice with yoghurt.
Ingredients
300 g pumpkin, peeled, steamed and mashed smooth
40 ml neutral oil (36 g)
500 g turkey mince
1 large brown onion, finely chopped (200 g)
2 garlic cloves, grated (10 g)
15 g fresh ginger, grated
12 g mild curry powder
2 g ground cumin
300 g canned no-added-salt tomatoes
250 ml water (250 g)
2 g iodised table salt, plus more to taste
200 g frozen peas
280 g white rice (dry)
200 g Greek yoghurt
Approximate per serving
2835 kJ / 677.5 kcal · protein 38.1 g · carbohydrate 69.5 g · fibre 9.5 g · fat 25 g · sodium 312.9 mg
Method
Steam the pumpkin for 12-15 minutes, until a piece collapses under a fork, then mash it smooth. You want about 300 g of purée.
Heat the oil in a wide pan and brown the turkey over high heat, breaking it up constantly with a wooden spoon until the grains of mince are as fine as you can get them. Lumps of mince set hard as they cook.
Add the onion and cook 6 minutes, then the garlic, ginger, curry powder and cumin for 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes, water and salt and simmer 15 minutes.
Stir in the pumpkin purée and peas and cook 8 minutes more, until thick and glossy. The mince should be coated and wet, never dry and crumbly; add water if it gets ahead of you. Poultry mince wants at least 75C/167F.
Meanwhile rinse the rice, put it in a pan with 560 ml water and a tight lid, boil, then cook 12 minutes on the lowest heat and rest 10 minutes off the heat.
Taste and adjust the salt. Serve the keema over the rice with the yoghurt spooned on top.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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