Harees / Aleesa

Harees  is a simple dish cooked with wheat and meat. It often cooked at Ramadan time. It’s a good food for both children’s and adults. Only few ingredients are needed to cook harees.

Ingredients:

1. Whole wheat-1cup
2. Chicken-250g (or mutton)
3. Cardamom-2nos
4. Cinnamon-1small stick
5. Clove-2nos
6. Pepper powder- ½ tsp
7. Salt- to taste
8. Olive oil / butter-2tbsp

Preparation:

• Soak the wheat in water for overnight.
• In a large pan add drained wheat, chicken pieces, whole spices and pepper powder along with 3 cups of water.
• When it starts boiling, cover the lid and cook in simmer mode for almost 1 hour (stir occasionally.
• Add boiled water if necessary.
• Take out the chicken pieces and whole spices (cardamom, cinnamon and clove).
• Remove the bones of chicken and put it back to the pan.
• When it reaches a porridge level add salt and switch off the flame (i.e. wheat and chicken pieces are cooked in to mushy consistency).
• When it cools down completely blend well with an electric mixer or in a blender.
• Heat olive oil or butter with a pinch of cardamom powder.
• Pour it in to the harees and serve hot.
• (if u need sweetness; add sugar, roasted cashew and raisins at the time of serving).

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