Recipe for Haleem
What is unique about Haleem
An authentic Hyderabadi starter from the Houses of the Nizams, this recipe is a perfect infusion of flavoured spices enriched with tenderised meat and topped to perfection with fried onions, boiled egg and nuts. A must-try recipe to get the real flavour of Hyderabadi cuisine !!
Ingredients for Haleem
Broken Wheat (medium-coarse) – 250 gms
Boneless lamb Meat -750 gms, cut into small pieces
Onions-2-3 finely chopped, deep-fried in oil and separated into two batches
Yogurt -250 gms, beaten
Salt to taste
Turmeric – 1/2 teaspoon
Chilli Powder- 1 teaspoon
Ginger – Garlic Paste -2 tablespoon
Clarified Butter(Ghee)-150 gms
Garam Masala powder- 2 teaspoon
Lemon Juice-3 tablespoons
Coriander Leaves- 1 cup, finely chopped
Mint Leaves-1 cup, finely chopped
Green chillies-4-6, cut into fine pieces
Whole Spices-
Bay Leaf-1 medium
Whole black peppercorns- 5-6 corns
Green Cardamom – 1-2 pods
Cinnamon-1 inch long
Cloves-1-2
Method for cooking Haleem
We start this recipe by letting the broken wheat to soak in water for 1-2 hours .this will cause the wheat to swell as it soaks up the water
While the wheat is left to soak we can go onto preparing the meat for the Haleem
For this, take a large-sized pressure cooker and add the oil. Leave the oil to heat on medium flame and when heated flavor the oil with the above mentioned whole garam masalas.
To the garam masala add the ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, salt, chili powder,garam masala powder and mix well
Next, we add the beaten yogurt and boneless meat pieces and let the meat for up to 5-6 whistles
Once the meat from the pressure cooker cools down, empty it a large-sized mixer jar together with the broken wheat and grind this mixture well to get a fine paste
The next step involves cooking this ground wheat-meat mixture. For this, we take a heavy-bottomed vessel and add the clarified butter. After the ghee gets sufficiently heated add the fried onions together with the ground paste
Add the freshly chopped coriander, mint leaves, and green chilies and mix well
Cook the mixture on medium flame and keep stirring this mixture continuously until the oil floats on top
Garnish with fresh coriander leaves, fried onions, fried cashew nuts, and lemon juice and serve hot