Haleem is a traditional pakistani dish, made up of beef and lentils, do try this and make your day …
Ingredients:
- 1 cup oil
- 2 litres water (15 glasses of water)
- 500 gms of boneless beef
- 100 gms of marrow bones
FOR TEMPERING
- ½ cups oil
- A large sized onion sliced thinly
- 1 tspn garlic paste
- Few curry leaves
- A pinch of cumin seeds
FOR GRAINS
- 1 cup whole wheat grains
- ½ cup unsplitted oats
- ½ cup gram daal
- 4 tbspns moong daal*
- 4 tbspns masoor daal*
- 8 tbspn urad daal
- 2 – 4 cups of water
FOR MASALA
- 2 tspns chaat masala
- Some salt to taste
- Few curry leaves
- 6 – 8 dried red chillies
- ½ tspn turmeric
- ½ tbspn dried coriander
- 1 tspn cumin seeds
- ½ tspn garam masala powder
FOR GARNISH
Procedure:
-Combine all the grains together and soak it for 24 hours.
-Combine all the ingredients given for masala except chaat masala in a blender and make fine powder.
-Heat 1 cup of oil in a thick bottomed pot and fry beef bones and meat for 10 minutes. Add powdered masala except chaat masala.
-Fry for another 5 minutes.
-Add soaked grains and 2 litres of water.
-Let it cook for 8 – 12 hours on very low heat, until the beef and lentils start decomposing. Remove bones.
-After 10 hours start stirring it, pressing them with stirring spoon.
-Meanwhile heat rest of the oil and fry curry leaves, onion and cumin seeds and when they begin to splatter add it to the gravy and stir.
-Add chaat masala, mix and serve hot with naan bread and garnish platter.
Outcome:
Superb Haleem is ready to serve.
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Tips:
-Cook on low heat and stir it occasionally.
-After 10 hours, start pressing and stirring the whole thing.
Servings:
This will serve 8 – 10 persons easily.
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