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

• Garnish platter

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.

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.