Cheesy Pull-Apart Keema Pav

Cheesy pull-apart keema pav is a no-brainer! Its like an Indian spiced sloppy joe with a lot of cheese! Not to mention super soft and sweet Hawaiian buns + spiced ground meat + ooey gooey cheese!!! (Like garlicky cheese sauce plus slices of melty cheese!) How is that not a perfect easy game night dinner?? You know kids are not going to be complaining about this one!

Keema (Indian spiced ground chicken)

Keema pav is a minced meat dish served with butter bread! Yes it is as delicious as it sounds! The keema in this recipe has a lot of the typical seasoning that you would find in a traditional keema but then there's also a few ingredients that are kind of unusual. Such as: soy sauce and ketchup. These two ingredients add that sloppy joe-ness to the dish. If that makes any sense. But they help to bring another level of sweet, savory, tart, zest that is not regularly found in keema. Plus it helps to build a nice sauce!

Another difference from traditional keema is that addition of onions and peppers. They also help to add a nice sweetness more typical of a sloppy joe. I like to keep the onions and peppers in larger slices because I feel like the texture is better that way. But you can chop them finer or even omit altogether.

Lots of Cheese

So first off there's this Garlicky Cheese Sauce! I mean if you're making a cheesy sloppy joe, how can you not have a nice gooey cheese sauce right!?? It is actually a pretty basic roux (butter + flour ) based cheese sauce and I used a mild provolone so you get that nice cheesiness without too much additional funk from a strong cheese like cheddar.

Just to make sure there's not shortage of cheese on these cheesy pull-apart keema pav sliders, I had to also add in sliced provolone.

Now I completely understand if you choose 1 cheese option, rather than both. But I'm warning you, it may be a little less fun! So choose wisely! lol Just kidding! You can totally take the easy way and just use any of single cheese option. Any melty cheese sliced cheese you prefer or just use the cheese sauce by itself. Somedays it's a time thing, somedays it's an ingredients thing. Do whatever works for you!

How to have even more fun with these sliders?

• Serve them with some Tandoori Tater Tots or Crispy Baked Curry Potato!
• Add some more toppings like pickles, pickled jalapenos or even Quick Pickled Red Onions
• Make this vegetarian by using tofu or paneer

You might also be interested in Spiced Chicken Keema Curry , Chilli Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Baked Chipotle Chicken Samosas

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