Ground meat also be cooked in a sauce to make chilli con carne. "Keema" or "qeema" is used in a variety of dishes such as a stewed or fried curry dish of minced beef, mutton, or other meats with green peas or potatoes. It usually includes ghee/butter, onions, garlic, ginger, chilis, green peas and spices. "Keema" can be grilled on a skewer, and called "seekh" kebab, or used as a filling for samosas or naan. The word ultimately comes from the Turkic word "qıyma" meaning 'minced meat', and is thus related to the Persian "gheimeh", the Turkish "kıyma", and the Greek κιμάς.
Meat pie the modern day crust began to be used. Missionaries and explorers spread the meat-based pie dish across the globe. The English Pilgrims of the North American colonies brought the recipes across the ocean with them. The crust of the pie was useful to preserve food during the long winter months in America (just as the pies were used in antiquity). But the pie was not considered popular there until the 1800s, and today meat pies have lost their popularity to be replaced with sweet pies. The Natchitoches meat pie is one of the official state foods of the US state