Indian mince with fresh tomato salad

Indian mince with fresh tomato salad

This flavour-packed dish is super-cheap and speedy to make, the perfect family meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 2 mins

Cook time

Cook 18 mins

Method

  1. In a non-stick frying pan, dry-fry onion and mince over a high heat for 2 mins, breaking up the mince as you go. Stir in the curry powder and lentils, pour in stock, then fiercely simmer for 10 mins.
  2. While the mince is cooking, dice the tomatoes and roughly chop the coriander, then mix together in a small bowl. Put the naans briefly in a toaster to warm through, then pop one on each plate. Spoon a quarter of the mince over each naan, then top with a spoonful of the fresh tomato and coriander salad.
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Make it veggie - Spicy beans

Fry the onion in 2 tsp oil, then stir in curry powder with 1 tsp cumin seeds. Double the lentils, stir in with the stock, then bubble for 10 mins. Add the tomatoes with a 400g can kidney beans, drained, then cook for 5 mins. Serve with warm naan.

444 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 5g, sugar 6g, salt 1.49 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009.

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  • 2009-07-15 09:40:30.728393

    Flylady commented on this recipe

    Always nice to have a different way to cook with mince. It wasn't too spicy, so even the children (4 and 8) enjoyed it. I was worried about the small quantity of meat, but the lentils bulked it out nicely. A quick midweek meal.

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  • 2009-07-15 09:40:51.168766

    Flylady rated this recipe

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  • 2009-08-01 17:57:47.717769

    yumyum rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Sorry but this one doesn't work for me. It tasted powdery. I think this is probably due to the fact that the curry powder is added at same time as stock - my understanding is that usually curry powder is 'cooked out' by stirring around a bit before any liquid is added. I did manage to rescue it a bit by adding red onion and lime juice to the tomato and coriander. Won't be making again.

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  • 2009-08-24 15:17:47.001033

    anna commented on this recipe

    Is the recipe referring to the dried lentils?

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  • 2009-09-03 19:07:34.30084

    Miss G rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have to give this 5 stars I thought it was a really nice alternative to your typical curry and rice. I disagree with Yum Yum as I did not find it powdery at all. I did cook mine for a little bit longer than the recipe as I did not have any red lentils and used green lentils instead. I added some red onion to the tomato salad and served with mango chutney and home made raita.

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  • 2009-09-09 14:10:33.68132

    angelina7 commented on this recipe

    i made this dish last nite and it was realy delicious. I used a lean minced steak to reduce the fat content and I also added diced aubergine and peppers to the mince before putting in the stock and lentils which bulked it out abit, but still keeping it healthy. Will definately make this dish again.

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  • 2009-09-09 21:42:27.972495

    Shezza rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 2009-10-01 11:54:32.818207

    domestiko commented on this recipe

    Shouldn't really be called Indian mince - we do not use stock or beef in Indian cooking. When cooking mince - preferably use lamb, also it is the spices which give it the "Indian" taste.

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  • 2009-10-09 13:37:01.320087

    Fauna76 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really enjoyed this, quick and easy and something different to do with mince!

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  • 2010-02-18 14:36:50.051293

    DrFabio rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2010-02-19 16:13:55.24792

    Bell_91 rated this recipe

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  • 2010-02-24 19:45:15.396912

    welshy rated this recipe

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  • 2010-02-26 16:30:13.229061

    shep8317 rated this recipe

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  • 2010-06-07 21:20:26.273278

    Milly 28 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    nice and simple and really tasty. add a blob of greek yog then tomatoes on top, finishes it off nicely

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    2010-07-13 20:13:01.500124

    Sam rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I added an aubergine to bulk it up and served it with peshwari nann. Nice to do something different with mince.

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  • 2010-08-06 08:16:19.493873

    Fiona rated this recipe

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  • 2010-09-02 10:46:26.778852

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Added red and green peppers and also mushrooms. A good mid-week meal.

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  • 2011-02-14 20:08:05.415857

    Haslet Sarnie commented on this recipe

    I added a tin of pineapple pieces to try and entice the children, along with some diced carrot and a few peas to give it some colour - We had it with naan and the tomato and coriander salad, and a dollop of natural yogurt. I thought on tasting it just before I dished up, that it wasn't going to be tasty enough, but it was fine when put together with the accompaniments and we all enjoyed it!

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  • 2011-02-14 20:09:17.985174

    Haslet Sarnie rated this recipe

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  • 2011-05-10 20:24:19.404618

    Bonitasteph rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sooooooo delicious! I will be making this again and again!!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 2 mins

Cook time

Cook 18 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion , sliced
  • 300g beef mince
  • 2 tbsp medium or mild curry powder
  • 100g dried red lentils
  • 700ml hot beef stock
  • 3 tomatoes
  • handful coriander leaves
  • 4 mini naan bread
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444 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 5g, sugar 6g, salt 1.49 g

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