Haleem
Cooking time : as
requried
Serves many
Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat grain,
1 cup oats
1 cup Channa dal ( split chick
peas)
1 cup Masoor dal (split Egyptian
lentils)
1 cup Moong dal (split moong
beans)
1 cup Mash dal
1.5 kg. Boneless beef
6 cups water
1 cup oil
3 medium onions, skinned and
finely chopped
2 garlic , skinned and finely
chopped
3 inch piece fresh ginger ,
peeled and finely chopped
1 level tsp. black cumin seeds
8 Cloves
2 tsp. Chilli powder
1 tsp. Ground turmeric
1 tsp. chopped fresh coriander
leaves
1 tbsp. Chopped fresh mint
leaves
2-3 tsp. Salt
1 cup natural yogurt
5 tbsp lemon juice
Method:
1-Washed
and soaked all of the dals and
grains overnight. Drain the
wheat and place in a saucepan.
Add 6 cups water and boil gently
for about 45 minutes or more
until very tender and mushy.
Reserve the wheat. Drain the
dals and place in a sauce pan
with four cups of water. Boil
for 30 minutes. Or until tender
and mushy. Reserve the dals.
Heat the oil in a large
heavy-based saucepan. Add the
onion and stirring frequently,
fry for about 10 minutes to a
deep golden color. Lift out all
the onions with a slotted spoon.
Put three quarters of them in a
blender or food processor.
2-Add the garlic and the ginger
and blend to a smooth paste.
Reheat the oil in the pan, add
the ground onion mixture and
continue frying for another few
minutes. Then add the cumin
seeds, cardamom, cloves, chilli
powder, turmeric and the chopped
coriander and mint. Stirring
frequently, fry for 5 to 10
minutes to a rich golden color;
the oil should start to
separate. Add the beef and the
salt. Stirring frequently, fry
until the meat is well
browned and nearly tender, about
40 minutes.
3-Add the yogurt and stirring
continuously, fry the beef for
another 15 minutes until it is
tender and the yogurt is well
blended. Add the remaining 300ml
water, stir well and simmer for
another 10 minutes. Remove the
pieces of beef and chop into
small pieces. "Ghota". In fact
the right way of blending beef
with lentils is that all are
crushed and mixed together using
round wooden spoon.
4-Add the boiled wheat and the
strained lemon juice. Stir well
"Ghota" to mix the ingredients.
Reheat but do not allow to boil;
serve at once, garnished with
the reserved onion mixture.
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