Harees

Harees is an arabic dish usually made in the Ramadan time. After fasting ends in the evening this can be a main dish or a side dish. Usually the preparation of this takes two to three hours, but here we are mentioning a quicker version of Harees. Thanking you for following our ingredients and steps of cooking.

Ingredients:

1. 2 Cup Harees / Whole Wheat
2. 1/2 kg Lamp meat / Mutton
3. Salt - upto your taste
4. 25gms Unsalted butter
5. 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
6. 3 Cardamom
7. 2 Dates

Preparation:

1. Wash and then Soak the harees/wheat in water for 8 to10 hours
2. Drain the soaked harees using a strainer.
3. Remove the bones from the lamp meat.
4. Make sure that there are no particles of bone in the meat.
5. Wash the meat, cut into very small pieces and transfer it to a pressure cooker.
6. Transfer the wheat also to the pressure cooker.
7. Now pour water to the pressure cooker such that water will just cover the wheat and meat in the pressure cooker.
8. Close the pressure cooker with the lid
9. Switch on the stove and keep in a low flame (important, otherwise the wheat will get burned to the bottom of the vessel.) for 35 minutes.
10. Switch off the burner and wait for 10 minutes , then try to lift the whistle of the pressure cooker to make sure that the pressure cooker is free from steam inside.
11. Now transfer a portion of cooked wheat+meat to a wet grinder (usually you use for grinding dosa/idly dough)
12. Grind it (if the griding is difficult, add little amount of warm water and grind)
13. Transfer it to a serving bowl, and butter and mix it.
14. In a small pan melt butter and add cardamom, dates, and cinnammon. Leave it for 2 minutes and then sieve it. 
15. Make a small pond in the middle and pour the butter and Serve
16. Enjoy the delicious Harees.