Ramzan special: Haleem recipe with video tutorial

Ingredients for making Haleem

• 1 kg lamb with bones,
• 4 onions,
• 6 red chilies,
• 4 black cardamoms (elaichi),
• 6 cloves,
• 1 tbsp. mashed papaya,
• ½ kg wheat,
• 1 cup curd,
• Piece of ginger,
• 8 garlic cloves,
• ¼ coconut,
• ½  tsp. garam masala powder
• 3 bunches coriander leaves,
• 1 bunch mint leaves,
• 1 stick cinnamon,
• ¼ kg ghee
• Salt to taste

Method of making Haleem

• Clean and wash the wheat.
• Soak it in water and keep in a covered pan for 20 minutes.
• Grind it to a coarse paste with water and cook it well with 3 cups of water.
• Remove the ground, cooked wheat and mash well.
• Chop meat into small pieces and rub with papaya and salt.
• Grind the ginger, garlic and chilies and powder cardamom and cinnamon.
• Roast the coconut and almonds.
• Chop coriander and mint leaves.
• Grind ginger, garlic, chilies, chopped coriander and mint and mix with beaten curd.
• Marinate meat pieces in this mixture for ½ hour.
• Heat ghee and fry onions until golden brown in color.
• Remove and keep some aside.
• To the remaining onions, add garam masala and meat mixture and fry well until the ghee floats on top.
• Add the cooked wheat and beat the mixture until the meat breaks up.
• Add lime juice and allow to simmer on a low fire for about 10-15 minutes.
• Serve garnished with fried onions and slices of lime.