How to Prepare Arabic Harees - Harees with Mutton Kheema

Harees with Mutton Kheema/Arabic Ramadan Soup Harees
Arabic Recipe - Harees

Every year in the Month of Ramadan all Muslims prepare their own traditional food varieties for Iftar.

During Ramadan I used  cook varieties of kansji/soup/porriage Link ( Mutton kheema kanji, chicken kheema kanji, Veg Noombu kanji, Diet Noombu Kanji Cumin & Coconut Rice Soup,Hyderabadi Haleem, veg Soup, Spinach Soup Tomato Soup, Spicy Green Garden Soup. for iftar.

In Middle East countries especially U.A.E ,Saudi, for Iftar often they use to make their most famous traditional soup  Meat Harees or Chicken Harees with very light spices and less oil.

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Soaking Time

Serves: 3 Persons

Tempering -1

Butter – 1 tspn

Chopped Onion  - 1 no

Chopped Garlic – 3 pod

Cinnamon powder – ¼  tspn

Cumin, Roasted powder – ½  tspn
White pepper powder - ½ tspn
Cracked Wheat or (whole Wheat)- 200gram
Mutton Khmeea - 200 gram

Tempering – 2

Butter – tspn

Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tspn

Cumin, Roasted Powder - 1 tspn

olive oil – required qty

Water

Method

Soak wheat over night or (8 to 10 hours)

In a pressure cooker add little butter fry chopped onion, and garlic.

add meat, soaked wheat and salt toss well.

add water ,cumin powder, cinnamon powder and close the cooker lid keep the flame medium high leave 5 whistles

and keep the flame low and cook for 15 minutes.

Remove from the heat and blend Harees in blender to a 3/4 coarse paste.

or leave it to cool and grind in a mixie.

Heat a small pan add butter, cumin and cinnamon fry for half a minute and add immediately to  Harees and mix well.

Transfer them to the serving bowl and add olive oil over the harees

Note:

You can make side dish for Harees such as Chicken Baji orFalafil 

You can add burgal or oats instead of wheat.

Arabs use mutton with bones or chicken with bones  , here I have used minced meat (Mutton Kheema)

Very light  and healthy porriage/soup

You can use only olive oil also.

Very Tasty and healthy Harees is ready to serve in Iftar.

Ramadan Special Iftar Menu
Chicken Kanji
Mutton Kheema Harees
Urad Dal Vada
Dahi vada
Mango Tank

Ramadan Special Iftar Menu

July 2014

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Traditional hyderabadi haleem
Roo apsha rose milk
Onion bajji
Dates

Linking these to Ramadan and Eid Recipes hosted by the doctor cooking and Ahlan Ramadan hosted by the big sweet tooth rafa

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Mutton Keema Kabab
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Hyderanadi Nijami Biryani
Chennai Chicken Biriyani