Haleem(Chicken)

 Ingredients

500 g minced chicken

1 cup broken wheat

1 tbsp each of split chickpeas, split green gram and split black gram, washed and soaked

4 large onions, sliced and fried

Handful of mint leaves

Handful of coriander leaves

¼ cup crushed cashewnuts

7-8 black pepper corns

1 tsp caraway swwds

7-8 cloves

7-8 green cardamom

1 tbsp meat masala

1 tsp turmeric powder

1” cinnamon stick

1 medium onion finely chopped

1 tbsp oil

2-3 tbsp ghee

For the marinade

½ cup fresh yogurt

1 tsp each ginger, garlic and green chili paste

½ tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp red chili powder

½ tsp salt

 Mix the chicken and marinade and keep covered for ½ an hour.

 In a pressure cooker heat the oil and add caraway seeds, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. Add the onion and fry til golden.

 Add wheat, dals, turmeric, 3 cups water and salt to taste and pressure cook.

 Add the chicken and  rest of the ingredients and 2 cups hot water and let it simmer for ½ an hour stirring often. One may use a stick blender to get smoother texture if so desired.

Serve hot garnished with a little ghee, fried cashewnuts, fried onions and fresh coriander.