Jareesh Saudi

Crushed wheat cooked with lamb until creamy.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Crushed wheat
• 800 g Lamb
• 3 Onions
• 1 cup Yogurt
• 1 tbsp Baharat spice mix
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste
• 5 tbsp Ghee
• 2 tsp Salt
• 8 cups Water

Method

1. Soak the wheat — Rinse and soak the crushed wheat 2 hours.
2. Cook the lamb — Simmer with one onion, baharat and salt for 1 hour.
3. Add the wheat — Stir in the wheat and cook gently 1½ hours, stirring often so it does not catch.
4. Beat it — Whisk hard until creamy and thick, adding the yogurt at the end.
5. Fry the onions — Cook the remaining onions in ghee until dark brown.
6. Jareesh is ready — Top with the browned onions and their ghee.

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