Jareesh

Crushed wheat slow-cooked with meat and yogurt until creamy.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Crushed wheat
• 700 g Lamb
• 2 Onions
• 1 cup Yogurt
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste
• 1 tbsp Baharat spice mix
• 4 tbsp Ghee
• 2 tsp Salt
• 7 cups Water

Method

1. Soak the wheat — Rinse and soak the crushed wheat for 2 hours.
2. Cook the meat — Simmer the lamb with one onion, baharat and salt for 45 minutes.
3. Add the wheat — Stir in the wheat and cook gently for 1½ hours, stirring often.
4. Finish creamy — Beat in the yogurt until smooth and thick.
5. Jareesh is ready — Top with the second onion fried dark in ghee.

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