Pakistani Cuisine

Haleem

Cuisine: Pakistani Created by Javed Chaudry

Ingredients

½ cup wheat grain, crushed and soaked in water for 1 ½ hours
1 kg beef or lamb (on the bone)
½ cup each of channa dhal, urud dhal, mung dhal and barley soaked overnight and drained
2 tbsp garlic, crushed to a paste
2 tbsp ginger, crushed to a paste
10 cups of water
2 tbsp ghee
Saffron colour (optional)
¼ tsp ground fenugreek
Salt to taste
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp chaat masala (tangy spice blend)
1 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp garam masala
2 onions, peeled, sliced and fried in ½ cup of vegetable oil

Seasoning & Garnish
Chaat masala
Fresh coriander leaves
Green chilli, finely chopped
Julienned ginger
Sliced lemon

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Preparation

In a large heavy based pan, add wheat, beef or lamb, dhals, garlic, ginger, and water. Bring to the boil and cook for around 2 hours.

Remove bones and continue to cook until meat starts to break down and fall apart (about another hour).

Add ghee, saffron colour, ground fenugreek, salt, ground coriander, cumin, and chaat masala, chilli powder and turmeric and cook for another hour.

Add fried onions (set aside abut ¼ cup for garnish) and garam masala. Cook for a further 15 minutes.

Serve garnished with sprinkled chaat masala, green chilli, ginger, coriander, fried onions and sliced lemon.

Pakistani Restaurants

Displaying 10 of 31 Pakistani Restaurants.

Restaurant		Suburb
1.	Faheem's Fast Food	Enmore
2.	Tandoori Hut	Enmore
3.	Laziza House	Melba
4.	Taj Agra Indian Restaurant	Dickson
5.	Kari Guru	Fitzroy North
6.	Bedi's Indian Restaurant	South Melbourne
7.	Curry Vault Indian Restaurant & Bar	Melbourne
8.	The Cage	St Kilda
9.	Jazzi's Indian & Continental Restaurant	South Hurstville
10.	Bundu Khan	Crows Nest

14 Mar 2012 07:07 AEST

Nathan

Sydney

Good taste

Great taste I love it keep it up!

22 May 2011 06:33 AEST

Nikki

brisbane

good taste

I tried this recipe yesterday.....it's really nice...thanks a lot for the wonderful recipe...

28 Nov 2010 04:47 AEST

Ridhwan Ali

India

Awsome

Hi SBS....! Thanks a lot for the Wonderful Site and Recipe's i had been waiting all my life for this wonderful Haleem

03 Oct 2010 01:00 AEST

shady

sydney

the real McCoy !

Nice easy recipe. Made it with very little effort in the kitchen, but maximum taste. Will definitely be making it again! Thanks Maeve and Javed!!

14 Dec 2008 07:30 AEST

Seema

adelaide

marvelous

i love this recipe i tried that its yummy i really like that keep it up

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