Ground meat Ground meat Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside of North America, and keema or qeema. (Hindustani: क़ीमा , , () in South Asia, is finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, including pork, lamb, and poultry. In South Asia, both mutton and goat meat are also minced to produce "keema." Ground meat is used in a wide variety of dishes, by itself, or mixed with other ingredients. It may be formed into meatballs which
Buffalo meat calves are often referred to as buffalo broilers and brought up exclusively on milk for the purpose of being slaughtered young for meat. Due to the religious importance of cows in India and Nepal, there is a need to differentiate buffalo meat from beef. In countries like India, for religious and cultural reasons, most of the population does not eat beef (meat from cows). In a large number of the Indian states and in Nepal, slaughtering cattle is prohibited. Communal violence sometimes happens over cattle slaughter or even over suspected beef consumption. Buffalo are a type of bovid, but their