Indian
Indian - Street Food and Snacks
Haleem
Chef's Menu Description
An authentic Indian specialty cooked with freshly ground roasted spices, caramelised onions, and aromatic herbs in the traditional style.
Ingredients
- • 500g mutton on the bone
- • 1 cup broken wheat (dalia)
- • 1/4 cup chana dal
- • 3 onions, thinly sliced
- • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- • 2 tsp red chili powder
- • 1 tbsp garam masala
- • 1/2 cup ghee
- • Salt to taste
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Pressure cook the mutton with ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder, garam masala, and salt until the meat falls off the bone.
2
Phase 2
Separately cook the broken wheat and chana dal with water until completely soft and mushy.
3
Phase 3
Combine the meat with its stock and the wheat-dal mixture, and pound with a heavy ladle on low heat while adding ghee gradually, until the meat shreds and the haleem turns silky.
4
Phase 4
Fry the sliced onions in ghee until deep golden and crisp.
5
Phase 5
Serve hot topped with birista, a drizzle of ghee, and lemon wedges, Ramadan street-stall style.