Baked Keema Patties with Puff Pastry: Easy, Flavourful Ground Meat Snack
Make delicious, crispy baked Keema Patties with puff pastry and a spiced ground meat filling. This simple recipe is perfect for appetisers, snacks, or tea-time treats.
Ingredients
- 0.5 tbsp olive oil
- 500 grams lamb mince
- 0.5 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 green chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp red chilli powder
- 5 tbsp fresh coriander (40 grams approximately)
- 6 spring onions, finely chopped (80 grams approximately)
- 1 onion finely chopped do not use a food processor
- 4-5 Puff pastry sheet- pre rolled
Instructions
Making the Mince
- Heat the oil, turn the heat to low then add the cumin seeds, green chillies, garlic and ginger. You do not want to brown the garlic ginger, to do not over fry.
- Add the lamb mince, and turn the heat to a medium heat. Add the salt, red chilli powder, 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala and cook for 15 minutes. Make sure you use the back of the spoon to break up the lamb mince and clumps do not form.
- Let the lamb mince cool down. Once cooled, add the fresh coriander, spring onions, onion, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala and 1 teaspoon of coriander powder. Mix it all through. You can taste the mixture at this point to see if you are happy with the spices, salt etc. Add to your taste.
Making up the pastries
- Then you will need to make the keema pastries shapes. Open up the pre rolled puff pastry sheet on your worktop, use a sharp knife to cut down the middle of the sheet, lengthways. Then cut down the width of the sheet, twice, evenly spread down the length. This should give you 6 squares in which to make the keema patties with.
- Get a tablespoon of the mince filling and place into one corner of cut puff pastry, fold over to make a triangle shape.
- Nudge back in any keema filling that spills out, then gently press down the edges. Use a fork to crimp the edges fully.
- You can then pop the keema patties in sandwich bags and freeze. If you want to eat immediately, beat an egg and brush the pastries with the egg and pop in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown. Serve immediately!
